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Background: Most packages entering the US valued at under $800 (from any country) are exempt from import duties. This greatly expedites small imports, since there's no need for a broker to arrange payment before they're released at a port of entry (a process which generally costs several times the actual duty and adds delays).

When Trump imposed additional tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico, he also eliminated the de minimus for those countries, requiring a lot of new work at ports of entry.

“You are in a room with three hallways. There is a locked door in front of you that says ‘Username:’ but there is no keyboard. It must be hidden somewhere in this dungeon.’”

“You try using your SSH key, but nothing happens.”

TBH the leak is the problem. If Apple could make credible in private that they would leave the UK market, the government could back down, in private.

That's just how diplomacy works. This isn't regulation but international relations between states.

But now it is public, neither side can back down without serious consequences.

I wouldnt trust apple long term

They will huff and puff about the UK demand and make a great show of protecting privacy etc

But as soon as the US govt demands the same ( maybe already have?) , Apple will have a serious weighing up of costs/ benefits *to apple, not customers* and quietly conclude that maybe they care more about the US govt than about their customers

After all their customers are well locked into their eco system and not many will be looking at alternatives

Maybe I’m misreading the article but it sounds like one option they are considering is to keep offering iCloud, but without E2EE.

This honestly seems like a decent option to me. They can put a notice like, “we are not able to offer our secure iCloud storage to you because E2EE is not available in your jurisdiction.” Make it clear to all users that their privacy and security are compromised and it’s their government’s fault.

I don't get this. If Apple can provide this, it wasn't encrypted to begin with and they are likely already giving the info and this is just a PR campaign to adjust the public's expectations about these things.

If that cannot provide this, because it is encrypted with a key only the consumer can provide, then it's a moot point.

This is why I use @nextcloud and host it myself.

Given the public nature of the order from UKGov to Apple, I suspect this will mean criminals won't put their data on the platform and find other companies. Well, unless they are dumb ones like Trump.

This is the link to the act:
legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/…

It is worse than that. They could demand the cloud data for anyone, anywhere.

May be safer to not have an iPhone.

Apple's investors want a backdoor.
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The House of Saud often uses American or UK proxies to preserve their interests & pursue dissidents
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The fossil fuel industry is prepared to do anything to stop climate action.
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Here are the 29 Tory MPs who have accepted lavish free trips from the murderous Saudi Arabian regime since 2015 | Evolve Politics

Numerous Tory Ministers have also been handed expensive luxury gifts by the head-chopping Gulf state.

^{Alex Tiffin (Evolve Politics)}

@emory They already capitulated to China by storing iCloud data locally. I’m pretty sure China didn’t ask for that because they wanted data they couldn’t read stored closer to home.

bbc.com/news/technology-571862…

Apple criticised for storing data inside China

The tech giant said it was complying with local law but did not compromise data security.

^{BBC News}

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