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No, there's no regulation or law requiring this sort of action. Everyone is speculating it is Apple's response to a foreseen future where there are laws requiri
by least 5y ago
No, there's no regulation or law requiring this sort of action. Everyone is speculating it is Apple's response to a foreseen future where there are laws requiring such technology to preserve some amount of privacy, but it absolutely is not a current requirement in the US.
They could have implemented true E2EE but they chose not to in deference to law enforcement and they could have fought the battle there. The amount of speculation being done on Apple's behalf here is baffling.
I think Jason's take is pretty measured and it's pretty clear that he's uncomfortable with this, especially given his long history with reporting on Apple but he is also pushing this false dichotomy.
- nazgulnarsil 5y agoYou're assuming that if there's no explicit law there is no other avenue governments have to put pressure on Apple. This seems to go against previous stories that have come out about the relationship between eg government and google.
- least 5y agoRight, which is why there's no bite behind their remarks about resisting government imposition. They could have implemented E2EE and fought the government about it openly, but they didn't. Now, I really doubt the only reason they didn't implement E2EE was because of government pressure because making E2EE an invisible feature (which Apple loves to do) is a difficult task. I will however plainly state that the option of creating spyware to scan images on your phone with E2EE on the cloud or neither of these features being able to exist is a false dichotomy that is being pushed as a narrative by a lot of people.