In a stunning display of government overreach, the UK has effectively forced Apple to disable its iCloud encryption for British users. Earlier this month, we wrote about the UK wielding the Investi…
  • psyc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    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

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      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.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    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.

      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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        4 hours ago

        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?