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Re:U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Ameri... by binarymax on Thursday February 13, 2025 @01:22PM (#43039329)
That’s not the worst thing a corp can do. The worst things a corp can do is sell your private data to someone else, monopolize a critical function and squeeze you dry, or block you from a monopolized utility that is critical to modern society.

The focus need to be on both

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Re:U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Ameri... by Fernicia on Thursday February 13, 2025 @03:08PM (#43040653)
Is there an example of this happening? Seems like a stretch.

On the other hand there are examples of people in the UK expressing racist sentiments in DMs and being jailed for it.

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Re:U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Ameri... by biesnecker on Thursday February 13, 2025 @03:24PM (#43040843)
This was the first example that popped to mind: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-cs...

Not having Google accounts isn't the end of the world, but given the amount that many (most?) of us rely on their services (I think of all the accounts I have tied to my @gmail email and cringe, but still I'm there), this is fairly disasterous.

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Re:U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Ameri... by rendaw on Friday February 14, 2025 @01:02AM (#43045347)
Plus the common privacy threats: stalkers in the company accessing your private information, technical gaffes or breaches or unconcern exposing your private information, both of which could derail your life depending on what sort of marginalized groups you're a part of.

A stalker in LEO is bad, yes, but so is a stalker in your apartment lock managing company or at any other number of non-government companies you're forced to interact with.

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