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Re:U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Ameri... by danielbln on Thursday February 13, 2025 @02:37PM (#43040302)
They all do though. Do you think the government isn't tapping the genetic databases of 23andme and Ancestry? Or the bottomless data out that is Gmail. Or iCloud. Or Gmaps location data.

I'd rather not decide who is the worse privacy offender, companies or governments, and best restrict both to a need-to-know basis.

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Re:U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Ameri... by ta1243 on Friday February 14, 2025 @06:22AM (#43047273)
They wouldn't be able to tap those databases if those private companies didn't make them in the first place.
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Re:U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Ameri... by danielbln on Friday February 14, 2025 @08:22AM (#43048020)
Until the gag order comes in to set those databases up. We need to hold both entities, private corporations and governments, accountable.
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