UK trying to access your private data on Apple.

It needs to become a voter loser to bring these policies in but it simply isn't because the public doesn't care, the media never properly explains to them the dangers and instead paints those who defend encryption as defending the worst kind of criminals.

Again Labour wanted to bring some of this in before 2010, Cameron wanted to do so but was stopped by the Lib Dems, the Tories then passed it and Corbyn's Labour abstained (i.e let it pass) and now Labour are continuing it.

[papa smurf]

CIA looking into UK's reported backdoor request to Apple encryption
Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, has said that a request from the UK to Apple for a backdoor to be put in their encryption would be a "clear and egregious violation" of American's privacy and civil liberties.



https://news.sky.com/story/cia-looki...ption-13317592

As if the CIA didn't want us to do this. Five Eyes means anything we get, they get.

[RichardCoulter]

People interested in this topic may find this two part programme interesting:

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/...itcoin-creator

It's primarily about trying to find out about the person(s) who invented Bitcoin, but has a lot of interesting information as to why governments don't like companies or individuals being able to do things on the internet without them being able to access the information and the lengths that they'll go to in order to circumvent this.

They had a fear that people would use Bitcoin to evade paying tax and that, with no money, this would cause governments/democracy to fall. One man had an aggressive police raid for money laundering due to his involvement with Bitcoin.

There are those who would welcome the fall of democracy and the current form of governments (including the grandson of Milton Freedman, whose theories were used by Thatcher).

Some believe that countries should become the equivalent of companies with citizens being reclassified as customers, that groups with a common bond should be allowed to live together and rule themselves ie white supremacists.

It was also said that democracy & freedom were now "surplus to requirements".

At the end the conclusion from the narrator was that the old ways of doing things were now a thing of the past and that things have changed, particularly the election of Trump and the involvement and capability for the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, to influence how things are done.

UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says ;

The US director of national intelligence says the UK has withdrawn its controversial demand to access global Apple users' data if required.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdj2m3rrk74o

[Carth]

An Apple a day keeps the lawsuits away

Let's wait to see if they turn it back on.

[Dude111]

Finally they are being smart

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Damien

Let's wait to see if they turn it back on.

I do hope so.

Doesn't look like they will, it will still apply to UK Citizens.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Damien

Doesn't look like they will, it will still apply to UK Citizens.

Mustn't do anything that could upset labours lron grip on what we think never mind do

Originally Posted by Itshim

Mustn't do anything that could upset labours lron grip on what we think never mind do

Labour and Tories. Most of these things were enacted/passed under the Tories and supported and taken up by Labour.

They are trying again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c740r0m4mzjo

The UK government has issued a new order giving it the right to demand access to the personal data of Apple's British users

[Carth]

They can 'demand' all they like, heck they can even stamp their feet and wave their arms around if they feel the need to.

I could demand that they act like grown ups in the house of commons . . . won't happen

[Pierre]

We can totally trust this government with data……….