Not at all, according to what Apple said. But I suppose framing it this way encourages more clicks.
These proposals are a digital authoritarian nightmare. Notifying the Home Office of security changes pre-release breaches corporate confidentiality and stifles innovation. Forcing global companies to compromise end-to-end encryption on the say-so of one government tramples on international autonomy and undermines global digital security. Instantly disabling features on demand, with no room for review or appeal, is an alarming overreach, centralising power without checks. It’s a grim forecast: eroding cybersecurity, disrespecting global boundaries, and granting unchecked authoritarian control.
No they wont, they are not going to throw over 60m potential customers in the bin.
Having said that i hope they do fucking rip off merchants, and users of vertual slave labour to make their stuff.
The headline is untrue. They threatened to remove Facetime and iMessage from devices sold in the UK instead of completely leaving. This is consistent with the promises made by numerous other messaging app developers.
The market is not being awed by Apple. End-to-end encrypted apps are being disabled because the law fundamentally undermines their ability to be secure.
When I read something like this, it always raises questions for me.
1. Is what the Gov’t proposing actually 100% true?
2. Is it exaggerated by the newspapers, the same way that they often do?
3. Is Apple totally behind this opposition, or is it (even partially the US Gov’t, because then another country is planning to do what they have been supposedly doing for years?
The true answer we will probably never know because the information the general public will receive, will probably be biased and tainted, depending on the source.
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Not at all, according to what Apple said. But I suppose framing it this way encourages more clicks.
These proposals are a digital authoritarian nightmare. Notifying the Home Office of security changes pre-release breaches corporate confidentiality and stifles innovation. Forcing global companies to compromise end-to-end encryption on the say-so of one government tramples on international autonomy and undermines global digital security. Instantly disabling features on demand, with no room for review or appeal, is an alarming overreach, centralising power without checks. It’s a grim forecast: eroding cybersecurity, disrespecting global boundaries, and granting unchecked authoritarian control.
No they wont, they are not going to throw over 60m potential customers in the bin.
Having said that i hope they do fucking rip off merchants, and users of vertual slave labour to make their stuff.
The headline is untrue. They threatened to remove Facetime and iMessage from devices sold in the UK instead of completely leaving. This is consistent with the promises made by numerous other messaging app developers.
The market is not being awed by Apple. End-to-end encrypted apps are being disabled because the law fundamentally undermines their ability to be secure.
When I read something like this, it always raises questions for me.
1. Is what the Gov’t proposing actually 100% true?
2. Is it exaggerated by the newspapers, the same way that they often do?
3. Is Apple totally behind this opposition, or is it (even partially the US Gov’t, because then another country is planning to do what they have been supposedly doing for years?
The true answer we will probably never know because the information the general public will receive, will probably be biased and tainted, depending on the source.