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

On 08/02/2025 23:25, Richard Heathfield wrote:

That it is not really correct - if it is less easy to communicate and store data securely then more people will have no option but to use less secure methods.

 I don't see the grounds for your protasis. Why is it less easy to communicate and store data securely? Why must people use less secure methods?

Because they no longer have access to more secure methods, ie Apple encryption.
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I agree, but trusting a cryptosystem known to have a back door certainly does count as stupid.

ITYM *would* count as stupid..

You might use it as a channel for sheer convenience, but it would be daft not to superencrypt.

But people don't know how to do that. Even many clever people.
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Note that in the UK you have to give up keys to stored data on demand.

 With a warrant, yes, and that means evidence, which means the crook has already failed.

Nope, no warrant needed. Just a demand from a mid-level policeman.
Peter F