@ayoub well, #Apple is nit just able but willing to implement #Govware #Backdoors for over a decade.

• Otherwise #macOS, #iOS & #iCliud would've been illegal for over a decade in the "P.R." #China!

The sheer ability is worrying enough!!!

@ayoub so much for everyone who believes in corporate-guarded encryption.

I prefer it when they are explicit about having all the master keys and backdoors they need, ever, like in this case.

@ayoub

I wonder what law is being used here? The GDPR should regulate this kind of access to only those 'with a need to know' i.e. no fishing expeditions, only targeted access via a court order based on evidence of illegal activity. Is this fake news?

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Since when has Apple ‘obeyed’ orders? 👀

@ayoub
The only good cryptography is libre software cyptography.

Privacy in Apple devices is not privacy, it's bullshit. I would rather trust an XOR one-time-pad programmed in Excell by a mentally-disabled 12-year-old over anything purported by engineers in Silicon Valley. This is not a joke, it's a factual statement.

@ayoub MS, Apple, Bezos, Google. They are all in this #clubofoligarchs
What did you expect? That they would do nothing for their share , their piece of the cake, in this digital warfare?
Just imagine the worst *you* could do taking uninhibitedly advantage of the synergistic control of digital infrastructures.

Really hope being delusional. But my guess it's only the beginning.
Just watch what happens to the (former) superpower USA right now.

@ayoub @HarriettMB
“ Apple’s iCloud backups aren’t encrypted by default, but the Advanced Data Protection option was added in 2022, and must be enabled manually. It uses end-to-end encryption so that not even Apple can access encrypted files. In response to the order, Apple is expected to simply stop offering Advanced Data Protection in the UK”

Or just don’t trust any cloud storage…

@ayoub @WilliamNB Politicians should never be entrusted with making policy on tech. They don't understand any of it.

Which makes you wonder what do they understand.

@ayoub I hope they refuse.

BTW, this article says that iCloud backups aren’t encrypted unless ADP is turned on. That’s not correct. They are encrypted, though Apple has a key which can be accessed in case of court order or similar. My source for this assertion is: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651

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F*ck.

Ah well, at least I don’t back up to the cloud. (And yes, I keep an eye on my apps.)

@ayoub I have a simple program named evdisk that uses the loopback device to mount (and create) a LUKS file system. The LUKS key is GPG encrypted and stored in a directory along with a large file that contains the file system. It is Linux specific so someone would have to port it to other operating systems. I use it to put encrypted backups on a flash drive I keep with my house keys.

You can find the source code on github - https://github.com/BillZaumen/evdisk