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

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 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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[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I couldn't remember if UK gov have been trying to get access into iCloud e2e before; I'm sure they've been getting to mandate access to other encryption previously.

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Did they tried to ban Signal to ?

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Not signal specifiaclly, but they said they would shutter operations in the uk if the online "safety" bill passed. @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk has posted a lot about it.

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 3 points 14 hours ago

Ha tanks ! That is what I was thinking