shockedcanadian
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Tommy is probably wetting his knickers at this news. No encryption for your information and data in the U.K, some U.S lawmakers have been quite angry about this including
Cook infamously employs many in China and has bent plenty so this shouldn't be a surprise. Anyone who buys their massively overpriced products is a fool IMO. I get that police agencies want information, but this is just going to make it worse as hackers go nuts. Just as the backdoors that the Patriot Act demanded gave China access to all of its citizens phone calls. It;s insanity
www.independent.co.uk
Apple is to remove its highest level of data protection from customers in the UK following a Government demand for access to user data.
The tool, known as Advanced Data Protection (ADP), end-to-end encrypted the “majority” of user files that were uploaded to the cloud, meaning that only the account holder could access them.
Earlier this month, it was reported that the Government had issued an order under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, asking for the ability to access fully encrypted files from Apple users.
The technology giant did not comment at the time, but has previously said on numerous occasions that it would never agree to create a “back door” into its systems, as they could also be exploited by bad actors.
But now the iPhone maker has confirmed that it was withdrawing the tool from use in the UK, turning it off as an option for those not already using it, and will introduce a process to move existing users away from it.
Cook infamously employs many in China and has bent plenty so this shouldn't be a surprise. Anyone who buys their massively overpriced products is a fool IMO. I get that police agencies want information, but this is just going to make it worse as hackers go nuts. Just as the backdoors that the Patriot Act demanded gave China access to all of its citizens phone calls. It;s insanity
Apple pulls data protection tool from UK after Government security row
The tech giant confirmed it was removing its Advanced Data Protection tool from use in the UK.
www.independent.co.uk
Apple is to remove its highest level of data protection from customers in the UK following a Government demand for access to user data.
The tool, known as Advanced Data Protection (ADP), end-to-end encrypted the “majority” of user files that were uploaded to the cloud, meaning that only the account holder could access them.
Earlier this month, it was reported that the Government had issued an order under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, asking for the ability to access fully encrypted files from Apple users.
The technology giant did not comment at the time, but has previously said on numerous occasions that it would never agree to create a “back door” into its systems, as they could also be exploited by bad actors.
But now the iPhone maker has confirmed that it was withdrawing the tool from use in the UK, turning it off as an option for those not already using it, and will introduce a process to move existing users away from it.
