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UK government demanding access to encrypted iCloud (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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UK government is trying to get into iCloud end-to-end encryption. (Again?)

Makes me think about email servers too. Most of my private information is in emails, and not only I use a service where the host machines access the email, so do almost everyone I email to/from.

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[-] wart@hexbear.net 10 points 12 hours ago

do we think the uk government is just full of morons? like i feel like being evil doesn't justify this... a back door for the UK would quickly turn into a back door for literally anyone

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