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Wow. There have been fears of the UK government using a technical capability notice to demand encryption backdoors for years.
Now it’s happened. UK is demanding Apple provide access to encrypted cloud backups
Great @joemenn.bsky.social scoop
Now it’s happened. UK is demanding Apple provide access to encrypted cloud backups
Great @joemenn.bsky.social scoop
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Wow. There have been fears of the UK government using a technical capability notice to demand encryption backdoors for years.
Now it’s happened. UK is demanding Apple provide access to encrypted cloud backups
Great @joemenn.bsky.social scoop
Now it’s happened. UK is demanding Apple provide access to encrypted cloud backups
Great @joemenn.bsky.social scoop
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Apple has been secretly ordered to create an encryption back door for UK spying. If implemented, the secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user — not just Brits 😲 www.theverge.com/news/608145/...
Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
If implemented, the secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user — not just Brits.
www.theverge.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Apple has been secretly ordered to create an encryption back door for UK spying. If implemented, the secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user — not just Brits 😲 www.theverge.com/news/608145/...
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www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/ it's finally happened
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/ it's finally happened
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It's outrageous that the UK secretly ordered Apple to build an encryption backdoor that would let it spy on Americans and won't even confirm it. Now more than ever, we need end-to-end encryption www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It's outrageous that the UK secretly ordered Apple to build an encryption backdoor that would let it spy on Americans and won't even confirm it. Now more than ever, we need end-to-end encryption www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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The UK gov’t has demanded Apple break encryption for ALL users in EVERY country, jeopardizing the privacy of every Apple user on Earth.
The UK’s counting on everyone being too distracted to care.
Every world leader & person with an Apple account needs to tell the UK to go fuck itself immediately.
The UK’s counting on everyone being too distracted to care.
Every world leader & person with an Apple account needs to tell the UK to go fuck itself immediately.
Just wrote about the UK Apple encryption mess. This is a BIG deal. It doesn't just apply to the UK. It would be an absolute disaster for online privacy and security. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/u...
UK Orders Apple To Break Encryption Worldwide While World Is Distracted
In a stunning escalation that confirms our worst fears, the UK government has finally shown its true hand on encryption — and it’s even worse than we predicted. According to a bombshell repor…
www.techdirt.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The UK gov’t has demanded Apple break encryption for ALL users in EVERY country, jeopardizing the privacy of every Apple user on Earth.
The UK’s counting on everyone being too distracted to care.
Every world leader & person with an Apple account needs to tell the UK to go fuck itself immediately.
The UK’s counting on everyone being too distracted to care.
Every world leader & person with an Apple account needs to tell the UK to go fuck itself immediately.
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UK confronts Apple with demand for cloud backdoor to users’ encrypted data
UK confronts Apple with demand for cloud backdoor to users’ encrypted data
Expert says government has ‘lit the blue touch paper on a truly enormous fight’ as it challenges firm’s privacy stance
The UK government has demanded that Apple creates a backdoor in its encrypted cloud service, in a confrontation that challenges the US…
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
UK confronts Apple with demand for cloud backdoor to users’ encrypted data