News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK. Parent comment

Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by JumpCrisscross on Friday February 21, 2025 @02:54PM (#43132160)
> One scenario would be somebody in an airport and security officials are searching your device

No Heathrow connection necessary. “The law has extraterritorial powers, meaning UK law enforcement would have been able to access the encrypted iCloud data of Apple customers anywhere in the world, including in the US” [1].

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/bc20274f-f352-457c-8f86-32c6d4df8...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by kimixa on Friday February 21, 2025 @04:05PM (#43132953)
The US claims the same

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act

Lots of Americans in this thread seem to be talking down to other countries laws while being completely unaware of their own

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by maeil on Friday February 21, 2025 @09:28PM (#43135509)
Spot on, 727 comments, most probably by Americans, and only 2 (including yours) bringing up the CLOUD Act, the much worse US equivalent. Incredible ignorance.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by bustling-noose on Friday February 21, 2025 @10:44PM (#43135887)
Providing encrypted data and not providing encryption are two different things. The CLOUD act requires you to hand over data. It could be encrypted. The UK government is asking to hand over data that is also not encrypted. The two are not the same. Note : Not American.
[ Parent | on HN ]