UK government wants backdoor into Apple’s ADP end to end encrypted storage.
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DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 4 weeks agoYo, what happens in the UK ?
willougr@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
The probably meant to say “happened”. A few weeks ago it leaked that Apple in the UK had been pressured to provide a backdoor to allow authorities to access users who had set their iCloud data to be “ADP”—which basically makes all your iCloud data & backups fully encrypted so not even Apple can access it.
But worse: the UK authorities asked Apple to ensure that the backdoor would let them get into all users’ data. Worldwide. It’s suspected other companies also received this request, and that only Apple leaked to the public.
Apple refused to do this, and instead disabled ADP in the UK. Which means that for UK users it’s much like Apple actually did cave and put in the backdoor…only it’s less like a backdoor and more like they took away the walls of the entire building. But at least it means users elsewhere in the world are safe, for now.
DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Thanks for the explanation Zag. Much appreciated.