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Re: iCloud or their cloud?

From Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: iCloud or their cloud?
Date 2025-02-25 17:56 +0100
Organization Camembert Normand au Lait Cru
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On 22.02.25 08:27, Andy H wrote:
> Frederick <fred@ypical.demon.invalid> wrote:
>> In message <1r7x4ux.ci3spb1ibii6lN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>
>>       liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
>>
>>> Frederick <fred@ypical.demon.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Given current USA politics and the UK government's demands for access,
>>>> is now a good time to remove one's data and cease the use of iCloud?
>>>
>>> I know of other groups, who would have nothing to hide from a reasonable
>>> government, who are now recommending that their members stop using
>>> certain American media sites.
>>
>> Here we go...
>>
>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo
> 
> So it’s happened then!
> 
> Now what?
> 
> Well, it’s not actually a feature I had utilised, yet! However, I feel this
> is just the start of a journey down a deep and complex rabbit hole.

I use it outside of the UK since it exists. Appl's reaction is the only 
way they could go.

The alarm bells are ringing extremely loud. It sets a precedent for 
other Gestapo-style governments in the anglosaxon world namely NZ and AU.

> OK, so so the knee jerk reaction is to ditch iCloud and move to another
> cloud service. But surely that’s not going to fix anything. This ruling
> will apply to any cloud service that offers end to end encryption. Wouldn’t
> it? If not, then it just proves that our government has a vendetta against
> Apple as a company. I certainly don’t think trusting in Google or M$ is
> much of a solution either (perhaps the only alternatives that might be able
> to replace the services I currently need).

Even in Switzerland I'm preparing for the worst.


-- 
"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Ovid)

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iCloud or their cloud? Frederick <fred@ypical.demon.invalid> - 2025-02-17 18:39 +0000
  Re: iCloud or their cloud? TimS <tim@streater.me.uk> - 2025-02-17 18:41 +0000
  Re: iCloud or their cloud? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-02-17 21:30 +0000
    Re: iCloud or their cloud? John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-18 11:46 +0000
      Re: iCloud or their cloud? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-02-22 13:52 +0000
    Re: iCloud or their cloud? Frederick <fred@ypical.demon.invalid> - 2025-02-21 18:17 +0000
      Re: iCloud or their cloud? Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2025-02-22 07:27 +0000
        Re: iCloud or their cloud? TimS <tim@streater.me.uk> - 2025-02-22 08:03 +0000
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            Re: iCloud or their cloud? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2025-02-22 09:36 +0000
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            Re: iCloud or their cloud? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-02-22 10:02 +0000
              Re: iCloud or their cloud? Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2025-02-22 10:28 +0000
              Re: iCloud or their cloud? Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2025-02-22 15:43 +0000
          Re: iCloud or their cloud? David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> - 2025-02-23 11:29 +0000
            Re: iCloud or their cloud? Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2025-02-23 12:38 +0000
              Re: iCloud or their cloud? Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-02-23 12:48 +0000
              Re: iCloud or their cloud? TimS <tim@streater.me.uk> - 2025-02-23 13:57 +0000
        Re: iCloud or their cloud? Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2025-02-23 01:27 +0000
        Re: iCloud or their cloud? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-02-25 17:56 +0100
          Re: iCloud or their cloud? Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2025-03-05 05:46 +0000
            Re: iCloud or their cloud? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-03-05 08:14 +0100
            Re: iCloud or their cloud? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-03-05 10:09 +0000
              Re: iCloud or their cloud? Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2025-03-05 13:13 +0000
                Re: iCloud or their cloud? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-03-05 13:56 +0000
                Re: iCloud or their cloud? Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2025-03-05 15:33 +0000
      Re: iCloud or their cloud? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2025-02-25 14:21 +0100
    Re: iCloud or their cloud? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-02-25 17:48 +0100

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