cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/23398982
Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to create a backdoor that would give security officials access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups. If implemented, British security services would have access to the backups of any user worldwide, not just Brits, and Apple would not be permitted to alert users that their encryption was […]
I was just thinking that this would have to interfere with the laws of other countries.
That’s pretty wild to ask that of Apple. I could see the law being able to apply to their own citizens and residents, but not the whole world.