cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33197558
BBC News - Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
- “In a statement Apple said it was “gravely disappointed” that the security feature would no longer be available to British customers.”
Washington post - Apple yanks encrypted storage in U.K. instead of allowing backdoor access
Not really caving. The alternative was to provide the government an encryption backdoor. That’s what the UK feds asked for.
Yeah, this isn’t caving. This is non-compliance
The more services that lock out my country, the better.
Even my home instance has done it.
Direct consequences are the only way to get it into the thick skulls of the people that This Is Bad.