Apple fought the law and — contrary to the song lyrics — it won. Years later, Apple decided it would get ahead of the law enforcement curve by attempting to engage in client-side scanni…

Apple Says It Will Exit The UK Market If Government Passes Update To Investigatory Powers Act::Apple fought the law and – contrary to the song lyrics – it won. Years later, Apple decided it would get ahead of the law enforcement curve by attempting to engage in client-side scanning of iPhone users’ content. That worked out less well for Apple, which (at least momentarily) decided making governments happy was more…

  • @[email protected]English
    14•1 year ago

    You’re getting things completely mixed up.

    Meta threatens to leave when they’re not allowed to gobble up all the users private data.

    Apple threatens to close their services because they can no longer guarantee the privacy of their users, from anybody, if the government forces them to build in back door to snoop on citizens.

    See also Apple–FBI encryption dispute.

    Government all over the world are trying to outlaw end-to-end encryption and Apple is taking a stand here, because encryption backdoors means an end to legal privacy.

    And you probably thinking “well, if you haven’t done anything wrong, you’ve nothing to hide and nothing to fear”, right?

    Well, who’s to say what’s wrong? I personally don’t think homosexuality or atheism is wrong, but they’re capital offences in some countries.

    • @JTodeEnglish
      -6•1 year ago

      Ah yes, the E2E band, I’d forgotten they were doing that.

      No, I’m against that one fully. But, I also think that the hacker community will take steps, and if it comes right down to it, I trust the tech workers of the world to say enough is enough at some point. There are a statistically small number of us who actually know how to make machine go and they will eventually alienate enough of us that we go full John Galt on their ass. I guarantee it!