Re: UK demands Apple break encryption to allow gov't spying wolrdwide, report says

On 08/02/2025 13:23, The Running Man wrote:

On 08/02/2025 09:34 Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:

On 08/02/2025 05:37, Jan Panteltje wrote:

UK demands Apple break encryption to allow gov't spying worldwide, reports say
   https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/uk-demands-apple-break-encryption-to-allow-govt-spying-worldwide-reports-say/
    Apple last year opposed UK's secret notices demanding encryption backdoors.
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   The United Kingdom issued a secret order requiring Apple to create a backdoor
   for government security officials to access encrypted data,
   The Washington Post reported today, citing people familiar with the matter.
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... Work to do ;-)

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This is batshit crazy, because the genie left the bottle decades
ago. If Alice wants to communicate secretly with Bob, and if
keeping the government ignorant matters enough to Alice and Bob
both, they can do it, and the government hasn't a prayer. We know
it, they know it, and GCHQ know it. If Apple provide a back door,
Alices who care will simply go elsewhere than Apple, or even roll
their own using tried and tested ingredients. The only people an
Apple back door will ever catch are stupid people with stupid
secrets, e.g. politicians.
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 Encrypted messaging apps should stop offering backups and
make ephemeral ("disappearing messages") the default.

Anyone stupid enough to rely on "apps" for illegal endeavours should not be surprised when Plod knocks on their door, no matter what default the "app" claims to use.
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