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**Damien** · 02-10-2025, 00:19

Apple can't give them the finger. Apple will likely try to fight it, but Parliament controls the laws, and companies have to abide by those laws. Apple won last time because it used the weight of the US Government to force the UK to back down. This time, the Government has limited the request to apply only to the UK so no reason for the US Government to care.

Basically, Apple will lose this fight. iCloud Backups will be available for the security services and police to investigate. WhatsApp messages will be next.

Don't like it? Vote against it. This fight started over 10 years ago. The Lib Dems stopped the Tories from doing the snoopers' charter in 2013, they lost the next election, and the Tories won. Since then, the Tories, and now Labour, want more and more of your data and the media and voters don't care and vote for them anyway.

02-10-2025, 00:19	#62
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,856	Re: UK trying to access your private data on Apple. Apple can't give them the finger. Apple will likely try to fight it, but Parliament controls the laws, and companies have to abide by those laws. Apple won last time because it used the weight of the US Government to force the UK to back down. This time, the Government has limited the request to apply only to the UK so no reason for the US Government to care. Basically, Apple will lose this fight. iCloud Backups will be available for the security services and police to investigate. WhatsApp messages will be next. Don't like it? Vote against it. This fight started over 10 years ago. The Lib Dems stopped the Tories from doing the snoopers' charter in 2013, they lost the next election, and the Tories won. Since then, the Tories, and now Labour, want more and more of your data and the media and voters don't care and vote for them anyway.