Posted on 02/22/2025 1:28:02 PM PST by DFG
As the Labour leftist Government of Keir Starmer continues to establish a dystopia in the United Kingdom, it now arises that Apple is removing the most advanced encrypted security feature for cloud data in the UK.
This is a shocking turn of events and also a public rebuke of Starmer’s regime’s demands, after it ordered the company to build a ‘backdoor’ for accessing user data.
Bloomberg reported:
“The company said Friday that Advanced Data Protection, an optional feature that adds end-to-end encryption to a wide assortment of user data, is no longer available in the UK for new users. The technology had provided an extra layer of security to iCloud data storage, device backups, web bookmarks, voice memos, notes, photos, reminders and text message backups.
‘We are gravely disappointed that the protections provided by ADP will not be available to our customers in the UK given the continuing rise of data breaches and other threats to customer privacy’, the company said in a statement. “ADP protects iCloud data with end-to-end encryption, which means the data can only be decrypted by the user who owns it, and only on their trusted devices.”
The media has reported that the UK government ordered Apple to build a backdoor into Global customer data.
“Without ADP, the UK government is poised to have an easier time requesting user data — a potentially alarming scenario for customers in the country. The move also threatens to set a precedent that encourages other nations to push Apple to reduce security.”
Apple has called a UK parliament bill seeking access to user data an ‘unprecedented overreach by the government.’
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BIG WOKE Brother is watching.
Big Islamic Terrorist Brother is watching you
Outrageous!
No, a new phenomenon. The Uk has been spying on their subjects for quite a few years. They have been smacked by courts in the UK and the EU for thier collection program.
The U.K. under the rule of the Socialists.
Thank the Lord we did not end up with Kackles Harris and Tampon Tim.
Dear UK, we had our revolution. It’s way past time for yours. Make war on the b*stards and them out - to include the religion of hate and torture.
Could they use a VPN as work around?
> BIG WOKE Brother is watching. <
Yes. And the key word there is “woke”. These governments won’t be coming down hard on the Muslim invaders or any other protected class.
But criticize the Muslims, and off to jail you go.
Criticize the LGBTQ community, and off to jail you go.
I’m not speaking hypothetically here. Those arrests have already happened in the UK and in Western Europe.
I don’t see any problem with this, because the UK government is completely trustworthy. I mean, it’s not like they covered up the rapes of thousands of children over decades, or anything.
The iCloud is someone else’s computer.
This looks like they get access to what you store more than the path you took.
I think Apple is playing the long game here. Rather than open a back door for the UK and pretend that it is still secure, they are saying “your government demands insecurity so you’ll get it in spades”. They are hoping the king’s subjects have enough fight left in them to push back.
A big battle will be between premium hearing aid companies
like the company, below:
Starkey Hearing aid company:
Starkey Hearing Technologies is an American privately owned company based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota that makes hearing aids, and is one of the largest hearing aid manufacturers in the world.
Insane.
I doubt that.
Apple is a whore that is not going to jepordize their presence in the UK market just for the principle of free speech
And Apple will do it... It is all about the money. Principle be damned.
Their iphone sales are going to dump big time.
The UK is off the deep end.
I’m surprised Apple would care. Certainly their stance has nothing to do with principles
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