Apple has joined the rapidly growing chorus of tech organizations calling on British lawmakers to revise the nation’s Online Safety Bill – which for now is in the hands of the House of Lords – so that it safeguards strong end-to-end encryption.

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    1 year ago

    The “Online Safety Bill” is fucking horrible. It should be titled “Panopticon Hell Bill”.

    I don’t trust Apple either, but clearly their pro-privacy LARP is useful sometimes.

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    I don’t care what you think of Apple, E2EE is just good for consumers. I wouldn’t send banking information to someone over SMS, but Encrypted RCS / iMessage? Sure.

    It’s not about hiding from the law, it’s about hiding from those who break the law.

  • Spudger@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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    1 year ago

    Indeed. No such thing as bad publicity, etc. At least the iPhone-clutching masses on the morning commute will be reading about this now.