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Electronic Frontier Foundation Feb 9, 2025

Apple must resist the U.K. government’s attempts to create backdoors in its encryption. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/uks-demands-apple-break-encryption-emergency-us-all

The UK's Demands for Apple to Break Encryption Is an Emergency for Us All

The Washington Post reported that the United Kingdom is demanding that Apple create an encryption backdoor to give the government access to end-to-end encrypted data in iCloud. Encryption is one of the best ways we have to reclaim our privacy and security in a digital world filled with cyberattacks...

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Justin Macleod

@eff I am disgusted and ashamed that the UK government would do this. Other governments, the whole kit and caboodle, need to call the British Government to account. I don't think some sort of sanctions would be unreasonable and I live there. It's incredible over-reach to demand unfettered access to everyone's data everywhere.