In a stunning display of government overreach, the UK has effectively forced Apple to disable its iCloud encryption for British users. Earlier this month, we wrote about the UK wielding the Investi…
  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 hours ago

    Well, not everyone, just Apple customers in this particular instance, but I suppose that is a lot of people

    • letraset@feddit.dk
      3·
      10 hours ago

      Well, UK Apple customers, and anyone who communicates with a UK Apple customer who uses iCloud to back up their messages. Time to make your Apple wielding friend from the UK switch to Signal, if you haven’t already.

      • Saff@lemmy.ml
        1·
        8 hours ago

        Pictures you send them in signal will still be backed up to iCloud if they save them to photos. As default signal doesn’t do this I believe - but worth mentioning.

  • Stovetop@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 hours ago

    Everyone in the UK*

    Thankfully, security of all other users are maintained in the process.