Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
www.bbc.com
Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33197558

BBC News - Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row

  • “In a statement Apple said it was “gravely disappointed” that the security feature would no longer be available to British customers.”

Washington post - Apple yanks encrypted storage in U.K. instead of allowing backdoor access

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
    291·
    1 day ago

    Not really caving. The alternative was to provide the government an encryption backdoor. That’s what the UK feds asked for.

      • SwizzleStick@lemmy.zipEnglish
        81·
        1 day ago

        The more services that lock out my country, the better.

        Even my home instance has done it.

        Direct consequences are the only way to get it into the thick skulls of the people that This Is Bad.