Cornered by the UK’s Demand for an Encryption Backdoor, Apple Turns Off Its Strongest Security Setting
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Today, in response to the U.K.’s demands for a backdoor, Apple has stopped offering users in the U.K. Advanced Data Protection, an optional feature in iCloud that turns on end-to-end encryption for files, backups, and more. Had Apple complied with the U.K.’s original demands, they would have been...
  • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Sure, but if that’s your only concern, then you aren’t really concerned that the toggle is removed in the UK, either

    The report is that Apple is removing the user’s ability to disable Apple’s back door, and you asked for evidence that they roll over for law enforcement

    If you want governments to have access to a backdoor to what Apple touts as “Privacy,” your initial question doesn’t make much sense

    • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Your definition of “rolling over” is different than mine.

      • They’re requiring a warrant for the information. They don’t just hand over stuff at any request.
      • They review the warrant before handing over the data. They don’t provide data in 100% of cases.
      • They offer users end to end encryption, which would certainly make it difficult for the data recipient to decrypt if the data is handed over.
      • They don’t offer the government a “backdoor” to make it easy to decrypt user data.
      • They offer users the option to encrypt and store the data locally rather than uploading it to Apple.

      What would you have them do differently when the warrants issued are valid in the legal sense/approved by a judge?

      • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 hours ago
        • They don’t offer the government a “backdoor” to make it easy to decrypt user data.

        Is what’s being discussed. Since Apple has a backdoor in the default configuration of their phone, they’re able to comply with 90% of all data requests.

        The UK is demanding they remove the option to disable the backdoor in their encryption

        You can kind-of sort-of use local only, but Apple makes that very inconvenient and almost 0 users do

        Your definition of “rolling over” is different than mine. … What would you have them do differently when the warrants issued are valid in the legal sense/approved by a judge?

        Again, your comments are agreeing with their decision to not allow full end to end encryption.

        I would have them not able to decrypt my data at all