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Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’

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On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:28:45 +0000
Mr. 2 Cents <noname@noname.invalid> wrote:

> Apparently, our "friends" , the ones who worship royalty and don't
> believe in dentistry or palatable food, are at it again.
> 
> 
> "Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’"
> 
> "Apple is formally opposing a proposed UK law that requires tech
> companies to provide a way for authorities to access encrypted
> messages. The software giant has prided itself on communications so
> secure that not even it can read some messages. Under so-called
> “end-to-end encryption,” only sender and receiver have the capacity
> to unscramble a message.
> 
> But British leaders, including Prime Minister David Cameron, argue
> that ultra-tight encryption prevents intelligence agencies from
> tracking down terrorists. “Do we want to allow a means of
> communication between people which we cannot read?” he asked earlier
> this year.
> 
> In its formal response to Britain’s Investigatory Powers Bill, Apple
> claimed that there is no such thing as a message that can be read by
> the government, but not by malicious hackers.
> 
> “The best minds in the world cannot rewrite the laws of mathematics.
> Any process that weakens the mathematical models that protect user
> data will by extension weaken the protection,” Apple wrote in a
> filing.
> 
> Apple is doubly worried that the UK law would apply globally (what
> they call “extra-territoriality”). Britain wants companies to comply
> with search warrants, whether they are based domestically or abroad.
> 
> This could set a dangerous precedent, whereby any state actor,
> including China or Russia, could demand the same access to user data.
> While Britain may have noble intentions, authoritarian regimes may
> want to spy on Apple’s vast user base for other, less-liberal reasons.
> 
> Finally, the bill could cause all kinds of complications from
> overlapping and contradicting rules. In the ever-shifting landscape
> of privacy laws, one country may consider a British spy warrant
> “hacking,” and Apple would be forbidden by law to confirm whether
> they had to give authorities access to the data.
> 
> A growing industry of startups are based on difficult-to-crack
> encryption (designed especially to prevent government spying). This
> would put startups in a very difficult situation.
> 
> The British government will take up the bill next year."
> 
> http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/23/apple-fears-britains-snoopers-charter/

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[OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ Mr. 2 Cents <noname@noname.invalid> - 2015-12-23 15:28 +0000
  Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ "p-0''0-h the cat (ES)" <super.pooh@fluffyunderbelly.invalid> - 2015-12-23 15:42 +0000
    Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ none <none@none.invalid> - 2015-12-23 07:50 -0800
      Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ "p-0''0-h the cat (ES)" <super.pooh@fluffyunderbelly.invalid> - 2015-12-23 15:58 +0000
        Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ none <none@none.invalid> - 2015-12-23 08:03 -0800
          Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ "p-0''0-h the cat (ES)" <super.pooh@fluffyunderbelly.invalid> - 2015-12-23 16:16 +0000
            Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ none <none@none.invalid> - 2015-12-23 08:21 -0800
              Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ "p-0''0-h the cat (ES)" <super.pooh@fluffyunderbelly.invalid> - 2015-12-23 16:24 +0000
                Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ none <none@none.invalid> - 2015-12-23 08:40 -0800
                Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ "p-0''0-h the cat (ES)" <super.pooh@fluffyunderbelly.invalid> - 2015-12-23 16:49 +0000
      Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 00:04 +0800
  Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ burfordTjustice <burfordTjustice@buh.boh> - 2015-12-23 12:08 -0500
    Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain?s ?Snooper?s Charter? none <none@none.invalid> - 2015-12-23 09:28 -0800
      Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain?s ?Snooper?s Charter? burfordTjustice <burfordTjustice@buh.boh> - 2015-12-23 12:29 -0500
        Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain?s ?Snooper?s Charter? none <none@none.invalid> - 2015-12-23 11:29 -0800
          Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain?s ?Snooper?s Charter? burfordTjustice <burfordTjustice@buh.boh> - 2015-12-23 14:36 -0500
            Re: [OT] - Why Apple Fears Britain?s ?Snooper?s Charter? none <none@none.invalid> - 2015-12-23 12:07 -0800

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