28
The UK Government Just Made Everyone Less Safe As Apple Shuts Down iCloud Encryption
(www.techdirt.com)
Well, not everyone. ๐
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2025
28 points (100.0% liked)
Technology
1970 readers
281 users here now
Which posts fit here?
Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.
Rules
1. English only
Title and associated content has to be in English.
2. Use original link
Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
3. Respectful communication
All communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. Inclusivity
Everyone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacks
Any kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangents
Stay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may apply
If something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.
Companion communities
[email protected]
[email protected]
Icon attribution | Banner attribution
If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @[email protected].
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
I'm not in the apple ecosystem.
Do apple customers have voice messages, emails, call logs etc from my interactions with them stored on iCloud?
I think disabling the feature rather than crippling it is really the only option other than exiting the UK market. At least this change seem to be UK specific but I suspect more countries will follow
As someone in the UK, do it, make the many government officials using apple devices realize their mistake and maybe rethink their laws
Honestly I wish more companies had the courage to pull out of a market. Sure it will hurt profits but it would make a point. Honestly the PR benefits probably would make up for the lost revenue.
Wow, the Brits are really killing it. (The internet.) First smaller forums having to shut down, the Fediverse needing to defederate and block UK users (at least technically). And now they also disable cloud encryption... But I guess they've always lead the way with surveillance tech, porn filters on residential internet connections etc.
Honestly it is pretty concerning given that the UK has a decent amount of influence.
What kind of influence are you referring to? On how the internet gets shaped in the future? Or society and politics, or as part of the Five Eyes?