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Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to create a backdoor that would give security officials access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups. If implemented, British security services would have access to the backups of any user worldwide, not just Brits, and Apple would not be permitted to alert users that their encryption was compromised.
The Verge
Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
The secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user β€” not just Brits.

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Use Graphene OS for mobile, use linux for pc!
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to create a backdoor that would give security officials access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups. If implemented, British security services would have access to the backups of any user worldwide, not just Brits, and Apple would not be permitted to alert users that their encryption was compromised.
The Verge
Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
The secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user β€” not just Brits.
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Haha not on our world. See ya!
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to create a backdoor that would give security officials access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups. If implemented, British security services would have access to the backups of any user worldwide, not just Brits, and Apple would not be permitted to alert users that their encryption was compromised.
The Verge
Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
The secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user β€” not just Brits.
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Do not do cloud backups. Go local or just yolo on device. Or some guy with bad teeth will have access to all your passwords, photos emails, etc. #fckthisdystopia
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to create a backdoor that would give security officials access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups. If implemented, British security services would have access to the backups of any user worldwide, not just Brits, and Apple would not be permitted to alert users that their encryption was compromised.
The Verge
Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
The secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user β€” not just Brits.
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It would be much worse living in the UK these days than most places. I think all phones are already compromised at the hardware level. Even grapheneOS can’t compete with hardware level spying. Real anarchist and cypherpunks died a long time ago. Maybe a few left here and there in the aftermath.
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Many alternatives to consider... Proton Drive, Mega , your own device with Next cloud, running maybe Umbrel, or Start9... but come on everyone... Apple users are there for the convenience, the artistic rendition of that convenience and maybe even the mirroring of the people they admire have them. Apple iCloud is expensive but it's convenient. To sell better security, you need to also educate the inconvenience that will come around it that is supposed to be valued for that extra privacy/security. So if you don't value that extra privacy, they ain't going to care that much about their privacy.