If Apple complies with this, the UK government will gain access to all iCloud data globally. The only way Apple comes out of this with any integrity is to leave the UK market. If they give in to this, every regime in the world will demand the same thing. And that’s before we even get to the fact that there’s no such thing as a “backdoor” for just so-and-so. Either there is a door or there isn’t and if there is, anyone who obtains the key can use it.
theguardian.com/technology/202…
#apple #backdoor #UK #encryption #privacy #security #personhood #data #democracy #humanRights #iCloud
UK demands ability to access Apple users’ encrypted data
Expert says government has ‘lit the blue touch paper on a truly enormous fight’ as it challenges firm’s privacy stanceDan Milmo (The Guardian)
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Tom Stoneham
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •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.
Oli
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •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
✍️ #MorpurgoMedia
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •IzzyOnDroid ✅
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •tyler
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •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.
James Manes
Als Antwort auf tyler • • •Miroslav Kravec
Als Antwort auf James Manes • • •James Manes
Als Antwort auf Miroslav Kravec • • •tyler
Als Antwort auf James Manes • • •Aral Balkan
Als Antwort auf tyler • • •@lent @jmanes @kravemir One of a number that initially led us to leave the UK a decade ago when the writing was on the wall.
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Als Antwort auf Miroslav Kravec • • •Aral Balkan
Als Antwort auf James Manes • • •@jmanes @kravemir @lent Just make sure you’re protecting yourself from your boss too while you’re at it because he sounds like a scary motherfucker.
arstechnica.com/information-te…
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Ars TechnicaGord [fuck off westminster, my data is mine]
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •Andy Mouse
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •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.
Aral Balkan
Als Antwort auf Andy Mouse • • •Steven Rowe 🇨🇦🇬🇧
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •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/…
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
www.legislation.gov.ukSpaceLifeForm
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •It is worse than that. They could demand the cloud data for anyone, anywhere.
May be safer to not have an iPhone.
Nicole Parsons
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •Apple's investors want a backdoor.
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Alex Tiffin (Evolve Politics)Aral Balkan
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •@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
BBC NewsDoomsdaysCW
Als Antwort auf Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
Als Antwort auf DoomsdaysCW • • •@DoomsdaysCW Easier said than done. Not everyone has the time or knowledge to do so. There’s also something to be said about making what’s convenient also ethical. The two don’t have to be diametrically opposed just because Silicon Valley’s business model requires them to be or because authoritarian governments want it so. We need constitutional protections of human rights in the digital network age.
cyborgrights.eu
The Universal Declaration of Cyborg Rights
cyborgrights.euAlexandros Filth
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