Apple fought the law and — contrary to the song lyrics — it won. Years later, Apple decided it would get ahead of the law enforcement curve by attempting to engage in client-side scanni…

Apple Says It Will Exit The UK Market If Government Passes Update To Investigatory Powers Act::Apple fought the law and – contrary to the song lyrics – it won. Years later, Apple decided it would get ahead of the law enforcement curve by attempting to engage in client-side scanning of iPhone users’ content. That worked out less well for Apple, which (at least momentarily) decided making governments happy was more…

  • lolcatnipEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Nobody is going to apply encryption manually.

    • brianorca@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Criminals would. Laws like this disarm citizens but those who are willing to put extra effort to cover their tracks are less affected.