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Apple Fights UK's Demand for iCloud Data Backdoor
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I just left feedback for Apple, thanking them for their efforts to resist the UK demands for a backdoor. I also said that if they ultimately are forced to give in I will be leaving the ecosystem for open source alternatives (which I have trialed in the past, and I am perfectly capable of running, albeit with less integration and convenience).
Yes, it was enacted under a Conservative government. However, all but two Labour Party MPs voted for it. https://votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/Division/80
The LibDems and the SNP were the main opposition.
Aristocrats are aristocrats. When you're high enough up on the totem pole, you can get away with anything.
Sorry old chap but it’s not the UK that is cosying up to totalitarian Russia. What you call socialism is merely taking care of our people and our friends. (Having said that, I completely object to this government overreach.)
👍 I especially like “Brits” because of their humor! Well said and thank you.😊
It doesn't mean it is that. Some hyperbole because some posters do not like President Trump.
Not really a smart comment when people are fired from jobs for just saying the word "gay" or being female. Books banned for including words like "gay", "non-binary" etc. When AP and Reuters are banned from White House press conferences but not TASS. Interesting to see anti-discrimination laws being repealed in certain states. Seems like speech is "free for me but not for thee."
Given who is in charge of National Intelligence and the FBI these days, I would worry more about where your own data is being shipped to right now. Much more.
Wasn't there a recent 60 minutes episode where they trailed a swat like team breaking down the door to someone who posted something mean online?
That was in Germany, however the UK has had their fair share of questionable arrests.
No this is just another democrat twisting a good into an evil.
No.. youre making up a talking point that has no basis in actual reality.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone following Europe’s slow descent into authoritarianism.
Good God, seeing some of the partisan and ideological bickering here is making me lose it.
Fighting over what is causing all of the problems in western democracies is part of why much of the west is in crisis.
Instead of subscribing to a specific person or ideological checklist, think for yourself and put the interest of you and your countrymen first.
Give credit where credit is due, critique leaders when they make mistakes, and make your voice heard whenever the next elections are in your nation.
There seems to be a consensus left, right, and center on this specific issue, privacy. Take advantage of that agreement instead instead of having zero-sum arguments that fix nothing.
Fighting over what is causing all of the problems in western democracies is part of why much of the west is in crisis.
Instead of subscribing to a specific person or ideological checklist, think for yourself and put the interest of you and your countrymen first.
Give credit where credit is due, critique leaders when they make mistakes, and make your voice heard whenever the next elections are in your nation.
There seems to be a consensus left, right, and center on this specific issue, privacy. Take advantage of that agreement instead instead of having zero-sum arguments that fix nothing.
Whether or not someone supports a public health insurance option or certain tax law is a moral issue?
All decisions are rooted in morals.
It is great that Apple is challenging this illegal order.
Apple today filed a legal complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal in an attempt to quash the UK government's demand for backdoor access to encrypted data, reports Financial Times.
Earlier this year, the UK government ordered Apple to give it secret access to encrypted user data uploaded to iCloud worldwide, through the creation of a backdoor. The UK used its Investigatory Powers Act to justify the demand, but Apple has not complied.
Instead, Apple removed Advanced Data Protection from the UK so that it would not have to provide the government with access to encrypted data. Advanced Data Protection is designed to provide end-to-end encryption to iPhone, iPad, and Mac users for data stored in iCloud.
Apple will undoubtedly fight the UK every step of the way in order to protect user privacy, and the legal challenge that the company filed today could be heard as soon as this month. Apple is not able to discuss the order made by the UK in public due to the terms of the law, so the court case could be heard without public notice.
Apple previously made it clear that it would pull iCloud features from the UK rather than compromise its user security, and while that only extends to Advanced Data Protection right now, it could lead to key features like FaceTime and iMessage being removed in the country. The UK wants backdoor access to iCloud data to fight terrorism and investigate child sex abuse.
Apple fights vehemently against calls for backdoor access to user data, which we saw in 2016 when the U.S. government demanded that Apple unlock the iPhone of a shooter in San Bernardino, California. That led to a long legal battle that did not see Apple compromise its security. The U.S. has lately reversed course on encryption, and has been promoting end-to-end encryption for mobile devices to protect against foreign cyber campaigns.
The U.S. government is now looking into whether the UK's demand has violated the CLOUD act, which keeps the UK from asking for data from U.S. citizens, and vice versa.
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Do you have ANYTHING whatsoever regarding this particular issue to say that Google and M$ have or haven't done the same?