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A UK Government Order Threatens the Privacy and Security of All Internet Users (www.internetsociety.org)

submitted 1 week ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[-] MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 week ago

TLDR: UK forced Apple to stop offering Advanced Data Protection

[-] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

So they are just offering plain data protection now?

[-] MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

They just offer end to end encryption. No encryption at rest for UK citizens.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

is that different than no data protection?

[-] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago

Then sprinkle a little 5 eyes intelligence sharing and boom anyone can know all your encrypted information

[-] july@leminal.space 4 points 1 week ago

Based Apple wouldn’t sell iPhones in UK anymore

this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2025

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