reclaimthenet on Nostr: 🚨 Apple just told the UK government to get lost. Faced with a demand to build a ...
🚨 Apple just told the UK government to get lost.
Faced with a demand to build a surveillance backdoor into iCloud, Apple chose to remove its strongest encryption feature (Advanced Data Protection) from the UK — rather than compromise security for everyone.
This is about setting a precedent. A world where governments can secretly coerce tech companies into compliance, outlaw even discussing it, and use "public safety" as an excuse for mass surveillance.
A backdoor for the "good guys" is a backdoor for everyone—hackers, spies, authoritarian regimes. The UK just made its citizens less safe while pretending to protect them. And other governments are watching.
Apple resisted for now. But if encryption is negotiable, privacy is negotiable. And once you let governments decide who deserves privacy, the answer is always the same: Not you.
Faced with a demand to build a surveillance backdoor into iCloud, Apple chose to remove its strongest encryption feature (Advanced Data Protection) from the UK — rather than compromise security for everyone.
This is about setting a precedent. A world where governments can secretly coerce tech companies into compliance, outlaw even discussing it, and use "public safety" as an excuse for mass surveillance.
A backdoor for the "good guys" is a backdoor for everyone—hackers, spies, authoritarian regimes. The UK just made its citizens less safe while pretending to protect them. And other governments are watching.
Apple resisted for now. But if encryption is negotiable, privacy is negotiable. And once you let governments decide who deserves privacy, the answer is always the same: Not you.