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• @paulbernal Paul Bernal on bluesky

  It was inevitable... “UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says” www.bbc.com/news/article...

• @tomwarren.co.uk Tom Warren on bluesky

  the UK government has dropped its demand for a backdoor into Apple's encryption.  This could open the door for Apple to bring back its Advanced Data Protection iCloud encryption to the UK for new users www.theverge.com/news/761240/ ...

• @glynmoody Glyn Moody on bluesky

  US spy chief Gabbard says UK agreed to drop ‘#backdoor’ mandate for Apple - www.reuters.com/sustainabili... humiliating climbdown for #starmer if confirmed

• @jjaron Jacob Aron on bluesky

  Pretty embarrassing to be schooled by JD Vance www.ft.com/content/ab0a...

• @billstewart Bill Stewart on bluesky

  I have to say something not bad about Tulsi Gabbard.  —  (This doesn't happen often.)  —  Glad to hear she's negotiated to get the UK not to mandate backdoors in iPhone encryption.

• @FirewallDragons@mastodon.social @FirewallDragons@mastodon.social on mastodon

  This is good news... so will Apple be able to reinstate Advanced Data Protection for UK customers?  Guessing we'll find out soon.  🤞  —  https://www.reuters.com/...

• @dnigabbard @dnigabbard on x

  Over the past few months, I've been working closely with our partners in the UK, alongside @POTUS and @VP, to ensure Americans' private data remains private and our Constitutional rights and civil liberties are protected.  As a result, the UK has agreed to drop its mandate for Ap…

• @daviddavismp David Davis MP on x

  I hope the Government will drop any similar demands it has made of other companies. When Parliament returns I will submit a Written Question to seek a clear answer on whether that will happen.

• @daviddavismp David Davis MP on x

  The Government's decision to drop its demands for a backdoor to Apple's encryption are to be welcomed. Such a backdoor would only serve to weaken the protection given by encryption to all of us from malicious actors. https://www.ft.com/...

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @DNIGabbard ... 🦾

• @reclaimthenethq @reclaimthenethq on x

  After months of pressure on Apple to weaken encryption, the UK is retreating. DNI Tulsi Gabbard confirmed the shift after coordination with Trump, Vance, and Starmer. The backstory: Britain demanded Apple build a backdoor into iCloud. Apple refused. Cyber experts warned it

• @odnigov @odnigov on x

  A huge win for American civil liberties. Under this President and Vice President, our nation WILL defend the privacy and personal freedoms of its citizens.

• @prestonjbyrne Preston Byrne on x

  @TimSweeneyEpic It's a great move by the U.S. The UK didn't want that outcome.

• @artemisfornow Bernie on x

  Victory for UK citizens' free speech... well it helps! The UK government has been forced into a climbdown after trying to force Apple to build a backdoor into iCloud encryption. Apple refused and the US Trump administration backed them and now the UK has backed down! [video]

• @mirandadevine Miranda Devine on x

  Bravo and thank goodness.  This is so important.  Tragic that the UK and Australia are descending into tyranny.  Herewith a little story.  Ironically, in 2018 Australia capitulated to intense Five Eyes pressure...to install back doors to encrypted communications that allowed US i…

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  To be clear: this doesn't mean Advanced Data Protection is coming back to the UK anytime soon. I doubt that'll happen until the order is reversed for all nationalities.

• @prestonjbyrne Preston Byrne on x

  UK folds on the Apple backdoor. Bravo to the Trump admin on a huge win for American tech. When are they going to fold on extraterritoriality under the Online Safety Act?

• @timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x

  This is a great move by the UK. Privacy is a human right, and government shouldn't have the power to demand surveillance backdoors in software. It's too bad Apple caved and disabled iCloud end-to-end encryption, but hopefully next time engineers hold execs to a higher standard.

• @allumbokhari Allum Bokhari on x

  Highly important victory. This will also dissuade Eurocrats in their attempts to impose “chat control,” which would also hand them the power to scan all private encrypted messages. 19 EU member states currently back the proposal

• @johnwilson @johnwilson on x

  @TimSweeneyEpic Apple didn't “cave.” The UK order didn't allow Apple to publicly acknowledge they even received it. Apple disabled E2E encryption in the UK to prevent being subject to the order & trampling on users' rights. You should stop being so disingenuous. It's pathetic.

• @timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x

  @JohnWilson This is a misleading distortion. Apple disabled end-to-end encryption, putting all UK customer data within reach of the UK government.

• @warrendavidson Warren Davidson on x

  Great news! Excellent work by @DNIGabbard and team. As the founders recognized in the Constitution, privacy and security can coexist.

• r/apple r on reddit

  UK has backed down on demand to access US Apple user data, spy chief says |  Apple

• r/technology r on reddit

  UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says

• r/cybersecurity r on reddit

  UK drops demand for backdoor into Apple encryption

• r/news r on reddit

  UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says

• r/anime_titties r on reddit

  UK backs down in Apple privacy row, U S says

• r/ukpolitics r on reddit

  UK has “agreed to drop” demand for access to Apple user data, says US

• r/apple r on reddit

  Apple won't have to build an iCloud backdoor for UK access to American data

• r/privacy r on reddit

  Apple won't have to build an iCloud backdoor for UK access to American data

• r/DeclineIntoCensorship r on reddit

  The UK has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a “back door”