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A UK Government Order Threatens the Privacy and Security of All Internet Users (www.internetsociety.org)

submitted 1 day ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TLDR: UK forced Apple to stop offering Advanced Data Protection

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So they are just offering plain data protection now?

[–] MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

They just offer end to end encryption. No encryption at rest for UK citizens.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

is that different than no data protection?

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago

Then sprinkle a little 5 eyes intelligence sharing and boom anyone can know all your encrypted information

[–] july@leminal.space 4 points 1 day ago

Based Apple wouldn’t sell iPhones in UK anymore