Cult of Mac is reporting that Apple has warned the UK that it would rather shut down iMessage and FaceTime services to their country rather than weaken security and allow government snooping. To which I say “Bravo!”. Here is an excerpt:
The U.K. government has proposed an update to the Investigatory Powers Act that Apple and other tech companies strongly oppose because it they argue it would substantially weaken the security of their messaging applications.
The updated act would allow the government to require security features in the apps be disabled immediately and without informing users.
Apple reportedly warned that it’ll disable iMessage and FaceTime in the UK before it’ll comply with the law. – Ed Hardy, Cult of Mac
I think the age of the iPhone working the same globally is going to be coming to an end fairly soon. Apple is already under attack from all directions for everything from power ports to Appstore guidelines.
But what many governments seem oblivious to is that all companies have their non-negotiable hard lines. For Apple, it’s giving governments backdoors into customer data. Can you imagine if the police or security organizations could simply read anyone’s iMessages? That is way too much power for imperfect people.
And for those who think this is all conspiracy thinking, remember this? The FBI dossier used by the US court system to approve surveillance on the Trump campaign, was made up by the Hillary Clinton campaign. We already have dishonest politicians abusing government authority to wiretap phones. Thank God that they can’t pry into our phones.
The updated act would allow the government to require security features in the apps be disabled immediately and without informing users.
Apple reportedly warned that it’ll disable iMessage and FaceTime in the UK before it’ll comply with the law. – Ed Hardy, Cult of Mac
I think the age of the iPhone working the same globally is going to be coming to an end fairly soon. Apple is already under attack from all directions for everything from power ports to Appstore guidelines.
But what many governments seem oblivious to is that all companies have their non-negotiable hard lines. For Apple, it’s giving governments backdoors into customer data. Can you imagine if the police or security organizations could simply read anyone’s iMessages? That is way too much power for imperfect people.
And for those who think this is all conspiracy thinking, remember this? The FBI dossier used by the US court system to approve surveillance on the Trump campaign, was made up by the Hillary Clinton campaign. We already have dishonest politicians abusing government authority to wiretap phones. Thank God that they can’t pry into our phones.
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