Reminder that you don’t need to use iCloud backup; local backups still work fine and are encrypted.
I don’t think it’s just the backups. Apple’s site says it’s things “such as” wallet, notes, photos, documents, bookmarks, reminders, voice memos, shortcuts, messages backup, and device backup. The such as seems to imply there’s more.
This is an indicator that every other company staying in the UK is complying with backdoor demands.
Can governments stop micromanaging things they don’t understand? All they will achieve is inconvenience for people. Anybody who can potentially be targeted such as journalists, criminals, politicians know their attack vector. It’s not 90s when nobody knew shit about computers. Just encrypt on device and upload anywhere. No government will be able to decrypt as long as you are using robust algorithm.
but I thought apple were the good guys /s
tbh if the government demanded fediverse servers do this then they’ll probably comply as well, I really don’t think this is apple’s fault as much as i hate them and every similar tech megacorps
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that just depends on how comfortable the instance owner is, if i was hosting I’d ip block the UK
There’s already a few websites that block the uk (lemmy.zip is a good example, lobste.rs plans to block the uk)
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I don’t think so
I kind of think going no encryption is arguably better than agreeing to a backdoor, since it should make it clear to consumers that they can’t trust it as safe and should probably use an alternative that would be more secure. I don’t know how many trustworthy alternatives really exist on iOS, though, not least because Apple has allegedly used their position to discourage competitors to iCloud.
F*ck Britannia, Britannia don’t rule our lives. We never shall be slaves. God save encryption.
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Yeah we don’t have enough American news, we should start reframing other countries’ news into how it affects America
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This is in the UK.
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That stretch of logic sounds an awful lot, like a post-hoc justification after learning it wasn’t about the US. But ok
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I don’t doubt that. But its still a large stretch, to think the UK passed a law applying to all UK citizens, specifically to give the US access to a few thousand dual citizens.
I’m thinking LoudWaterHombre was right. You simply have an extremely US centric mindset.
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Now you’re moving the goal post, and pointing to a slippery slope, still trying to justify your original misunderstanding. It’s alright to be wrong sometimes.
No no no, he’s just american and thinks the universe centers around the US
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Hey Buddy, this article is about UK and you argue for it to be about the US. Clearly the UK did not pass a law to bend over for your orange overlord.
This whole discussion is bonkers.
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Does UK even have 4th am tho
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Us citizen presumably still has access to encryption feature tho
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