Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor

Re:Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Ba... by Kim_Bruning on Friday February 07, 2025 @01:24PM (#42975817)

For years, law enforcement pushed for encryption backdoors, arguing they were necessary to combat crime and terrorism.

In the US, after Salt Typhoon compromised telecom networks—including court-authorized wiretap systems—the FBI has now (somewhat reluctantly, I think) started advising government officials to use end-to-end encrypted apps like Signal and WhatsApp to protect themselves. [1]

I think the UK government is running a bit behind wrt Encryption.

[1] https://www.npr.org/2024/12/17/nx-s1-5223490/text-messaging-...

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Re:Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Ba... by pmlnr on Friday February 07, 2025 @01:59PM (#42976177)

No, the government is always exempt. Citizens shouldn't be allowed e2e, the government, that's ok.

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Re:Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Ba... by selendym on Friday February 07, 2025 @02:32PM (#42976533)

The problem with this line of thinking is that the government is, of course, composed of... individual citizens.

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Re:Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Ba... by pmlnr on Friday February 07, 2025 @03:53PM (#42977360)

I don't want them to be, they make themselves exempt.

It's bad. It's one of the causes that triggered the French Rebellion in 1793: one rule for them, one for us?

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Re:Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Ba... by Kim_Bruning on Friday February 07, 2025 @07:50PM (#42979248)

They do seem to think that way sometimes, don't they?

But the counter-argument here is: if the civilian E2E apps had also/already been backdoored, they'd be entirely out of options now.

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