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Re:Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government secu... by piyuv on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:40AM (#43129630)
True! Thanks for the correction.

IMO they could’ve categorized the whole iCloud service as “affected” and disable all of it.

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Re:Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government secu... by GeekyBear on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:51AM (#43129797)
My guess is that the order they received would have only effected encrypted device backups, at least so far.

Users in the UK do still have the option to perform an encrypted backup to their local PC or Mac.

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