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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Apple’s iCloud backups aren’t encrypted by default,

Why the fuck not?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

People aren't as technically intelligent as most of us on here.

Most companies haven't put up proper MFA with apps and rely on SMS. Imagine they used security codes to recover their data from Apple ...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is there an article/source for this, or is it just a pic of a phone with a lock on it?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

@[email protected] Could you post that in the body for us?

We're getting reports of this not being news/an article

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

They should just cut off all service to the UK and show a message with the contact information for everyone that wants the back door.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Encrypt everything. Show these fascist politicians and their laws the middle finger.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Matrix.org is in trouble as they’re hosted in the UK.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This isn’t going to happen. I’m not sure what the UK is expecting here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I wonder if this was UK s idea or they're just acting as underlings of the great orange potato head and his husband space social man.