Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying

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• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Apple’s iCloud backups aren’t encrypted by default,

  Why the fuck not?

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  • AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s important to note here that even if you turn on this option, apples Does not support full end-to-end encryption, there are still multiple factors that they keep under standard data protection which means they still have the encryption keys. They keep this under the guise of deduplication so they can save on storage costs but some examples of this are:

      • the apps+file formats you have installed
      • your phone’s make model and serial number
      • most metadata that defines what an item represents such as date time modification time
      • all file checksums (this is scary imo)

      They explain how everything with their encryption works here

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  • Slax@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People aren’t as technically intelligent as most of us on here.

    Most companies haven’t put up proper MFA with apps and rely on SMS. Imagine they used security codes to recover their data from Apple …

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• BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is there an article/source for this, or is it just a pic of a phone with a lock on it?

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  • pls@lemmy.plaureano.nohost.me ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    theverge.com/…/apple-uk-icloud-encrypted-backups-…

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    • L3s@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Could you post that in the body for us?

      We’re getting reports of this not being news/an article

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• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They should just cut off all service to the UK and show a message with the contact information for everyone that wants the back door.

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• Octagon9561@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Encrypt everything. Show these fascist politicians and their laws the middle finger.

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• Sunshine@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Matrix.org is in trouble as they’re hosted in the UK.

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  • SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    poop

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• pls@lemmy.plaureano.nohost.me ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  British humour gets me every time 😂

  9to5mac.com/…/british-government-secretly-ordered…

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This isn’t going to happen. I’m not sure what the UK is expecting here.

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• trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wonder if this was UK s idea or they’re just acting as underlings of the great orange potato head and his husband space social man.

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