ADIL 🦂 丰 ₿ ⚡ on Nostr: 📱 Apple is acting on UK's requirement to break encryption, this is horrendous. ...
📱 Apple is acting on UK's requirement to break encryption, this is horrendous.
Apple is going to take action, I will explain what Apple says and clarify some things:
"Starting February 21, 2025, Apple will no longer be able to offer Advanced Data Protection as a feature to new users in the UK "
"Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) in the UK to new users, and existing UK users will eventually need to disable this security feature. ADP protects iCloud data with end-to-end encryption, meaning the data can only be decrypted by the user who owns it, and only on their trusted devices."
"We are deeply disappointed that the protections provided by ADP are not available to our customers in the UK given the continued rise in data breaches and other threats to customer privacy. Improving the security of cloud storage with end-to-end encryption is more urgent than ever. Apple remains committed to providing our users with the highest level of security for their personal data and we look forward to doing so in the future in the UK. As we have said many times before, we have never built a backdoor or master key into any of our products or services and we never will."
This would NOT affect (They would remain encrypted) the following:
• iCloud Keychain
• iMessage Encryption
• FaceTime
• Health Data
YES it would affect :
• iCloud backups
• Photos
That they would not be protected from end to end.
It may not seem like a big deal at first, but the reality is that while your chats via iMessages, for example, may be encrypted, any backup you make may not be.
Apple is forced to prevent new UK users from enabling advanced protection.
However, for those who are already users, they will continue to have said protection since due to the encryption, they cannot break it.
Although it seems that they intend to "offer guidance" which could mean that they will indicate how to deactivate it or lose the backup of said data in iCloud.
If you're not in the UK and you have an iPhone, enable advanced protection. If you're in the UK, I hope you've already enabled it and moved your data somewhere else.
Apple has reportedly not complied with the request to create a backdoor affecting all users, but has decided not to provide protection options, in this case to UK users. Will the UK or other countries continue to push?
Apple is going to take action, I will explain what Apple says and clarify some things:
"Starting February 21, 2025, Apple will no longer be able to offer Advanced Data Protection as a feature to new users in the UK "
"Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) in the UK to new users, and existing UK users will eventually need to disable this security feature. ADP protects iCloud data with end-to-end encryption, meaning the data can only be decrypted by the user who owns it, and only on their trusted devices."
"We are deeply disappointed that the protections provided by ADP are not available to our customers in the UK given the continued rise in data breaches and other threats to customer privacy. Improving the security of cloud storage with end-to-end encryption is more urgent than ever. Apple remains committed to providing our users with the highest level of security for their personal data and we look forward to doing so in the future in the UK. As we have said many times before, we have never built a backdoor or master key into any of our products or services and we never will."
This would NOT affect (They would remain encrypted) the following:
• iCloud Keychain
• iMessage Encryption
• FaceTime
• Health Data
YES it would affect :
• iCloud backups
• Photos
That they would not be protected from end to end.
It may not seem like a big deal at first, but the reality is that while your chats via iMessages, for example, may be encrypted, any backup you make may not be.
Apple is forced to prevent new UK users from enabling advanced protection.
However, for those who are already users, they will continue to have said protection since due to the encryption, they cannot break it.
Although it seems that they intend to "offer guidance" which could mean that they will indicate how to deactivate it or lose the backup of said data in iCloud.
If you're not in the UK and you have an iPhone, enable advanced protection. If you're in the UK, I hope you've already enabled it and moved your data somewhere else.
Apple has reportedly not complied with the request to create a backdoor affecting all users, but has decided not to provide protection options, in this case to UK users. Will the UK or other countries continue to push?