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> new even more tyrannical law that applies to each citizen which would impact all encrption software not just apple. The current law does impact all encryptio
by avianlyric 2y ago
> new even more tyrannical law that applies to each citizen which would impact all encrption software not just apple.
The current law does impact all encryption, not just Apple. It gives the government the right to force any provider to backdoor their encryption, and gags those providers in the process. There's nothing in the law that restricts it to Apple, or to cloud providers, or to large companies, or to it being blanket applied to all providers of encryption operating in the UK.
The only reason why we're talking about it with regards to Apple, is because Apple is the first confirmed case of a provider being instructed to backdoor their crypto, and we only know about it because the order leaked, and Apple coincidently took public action that unambiguously confirmed the leaked info.
- akimbostrawman 2y ago>The current law does impact all encryption >It gives the government the right to force any provider to backdoor their encryption I could not find anything about individuals or developer only (service) provider. Ofc I wouldn't not put it past them to change that on a whim.