Pretty weird having this US admin on the right side of something. One of a few things I do not find to be trending positively in the UK and EU is that they continue to attack encryption. Doubly so...
Pretty weird having this US admin on the right side of something. One of a few things I do not find to be trending positively in the UK and EU is that they continue to attack encryption. Doubly so as it is incredibly shortsighted to not think about how incoming far-right governments may abuse this access.
The UK official added this “limits what we’re able to do in the future, particularly in relation to AI regulation”. The Labour government has delayed plans for AI legislation until after May next year.
That is the punchline here- the admin appears to just want their tech companies to have free rein and are not taking a principled stand. lmao
This was upholsterophile JD Vance's doing. He's in the pocket of big tech, particularly Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. None of these people have our best interests at heart, but as tech giants they...
This was upholsterophile JD Vance's doing. He's in the pocket of big tech, particularly Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. None of these people have our best interests at heart, but as tech giants they know that any kind of ban on end-to-end encryption would fundamentally break the internet and pose an existential threat to every tech company that relies on it.
Like with child murderer RFK Jr. wanting to end TV ads for prescription drugs, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
The officials both said the Home Office, which ordered the tech giant in January to grant access to its most secure cloud storage system, would probably have to retreat in the face of pressure from senior leaders in Washington, including vice-president JD Vance.
“This is something that the vice-president is very annoyed about and which needs to be resolved,” said an official in the UK’s technology department. “The Home Office is basically going to have to back down.”
Both officials said the UK decision to force Apple to break its end-to-end encryption — which has been raised multiple times by top officials in Donald Trump’s administration — could impede technology agreements with the US.
“One of the challenges for the tech partnerships we’re working on is the encryption issue,” the first official said. “It’s a big red line in the US — they don’t want us messing with their tech companies.”
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In its order in January, the Home Office told Apple to build in a “back door” to allow law enforcement or security services to tap into the cloud storage system that stores user data that even the iPhone maker itself is currently unable to access.
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In response to the demand, Apple withdrew its most secure cloud storage service from the UK in February and is now challenging the Home Office’s order at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which probes complaints against the UK’s security services.
Pretty weird having this US admin on the right side of something. One of a few things I do not find to be trending positively in the UK and EU is that they continue to attack encryption. Doubly so as it is incredibly shortsighted to not think about how incoming far-right governments may abuse this access.
That is the punchline here- the admin appears to just want their tech companies to have free rein and are not taking a principled stand. lmao
This was upholsterophile JD Vance's doing. He's in the pocket of big tech, particularly Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. None of these people have our best interests at heart, but as tech giants they know that any kind of ban on end-to-end encryption would fundamentally break the internet and pose an existential threat to every tech company that relies on it.
Like with child murderer RFK Jr. wanting to end TV ads for prescription drugs, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
https://archive.is/YmegZ
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