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71 sats \ 2 replies \ @petertodd 21h \ on: Apple removes e2e completely in UK to not comply with backdoor order privacy
“Apple is not complying.”
Apple is complying. They've turned off the feature for UK customers.
Not complying would be to continue to allow phones in the UK to use the feature, possibly shutdown all UK-based Apple infrastructure, and force the UK government to entirely block Apple phones from contacting Apple's servers outside the UK.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko OP 20h
They're not complying in with building in a backdoor. But I agree, shutting off icloud entirely in the UK would have been the move I wanted to see too.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @petertodd 20h
They're complying by making the backdoor irrelevant. The only way they didn't comply is by ignoring the truly absurd part of the order to backdoor users globally, which was never going to fly.
And no, I did not say they should shut off iCloud in the UK. They should continue to allow people in the UK to use iCloud, and the advanced encryption feature. Right now they're reportedly adding code to detect UK-based phones and prevent them from using these features.
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