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Re:Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Ba... by ExoticPearTree on Saturday February 08, 2025 @06:34AM (#42982257)
If Apple sticks to their guns, they can just stop doing business in the UK. And the UK government will have zero rights to demand anything from Apple.
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Re:Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Ba... by IshKebab on Saturday February 08, 2025 @08:11AM (#42982737)
They obviously don't care about privacy enough to fully withdraw from the UK! That would be insane.
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Re:Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Ba... by bmelton on Saturday February 08, 2025 @07:42AM (#42982570)
In China, Apple limits end to end encryption and stores user data on state-owned servers. The Chinese app stores censors apps like the New York Times and Washington Post, disallows privacy apps like Signal, or any VPN that might bypass the great firewall.

I think the odds that they quit trying to earn the ~$100B annual revenues they get from the UK over this is closer to zero than 1

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