Comment on Apple refuses to break encryption, seeks reversal of UK demand for backdoor - Ars Technica
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 days agoSocial media doesn’t do nuance.
No encryption was broken.
Broken would imply that Apple has the ability to decrypt stored user data using advanced data protection. This is not the case.
Selling you a box to put your stuff in and selling someone else a locked box to put their stuff in doesn’t mean Apple broke into your box. It means your big brother won’t let you have locks.
Ulrich@feddit.org 4 days ago
…is that not what they’re doing?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 days ago
No.
They disabled the ability for new users to use ADP.
If you use ADP, only you have the encryption keys. The UK wants Apple to keep a copy of the decryption keys.
There is nothing that can be done to data that is already protected by ADP. At worst Apple can delete it, or turn over encrypted data but there is nothing that is likely to exist in the next 100 years that can break the encryption (even hypothetical quantum computers).
As an interesting side note, if you use Windows and use Bitlocker to encrypt your hard drives while logged into a Microsoft account then Microsoft backs up your recovery key “for your convenience”. They’ve produced these recovery keys for subpoenas.
That is what the UK wants Apple to do.
Ulrich@feddit.org 4 days ago
So existing users can continue using ADP?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yes, for the moment.
It’ll eventually be completely removed, but they seem to have some time to be in compliance and so they’ll give their customers time to move before it’s all deleted.