Apple security updates could be banned by British government
Apple security updates could be banned by British government
Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears...
Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears to be trying to set a new record. After putting iMessage and FaceTime at risk, the government is now suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates.
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https://www.justsecurity.org/87615/changes-to-uk-surveillance-regime-may-violate-international-law/
Linking to the original article and not an article summarizing the article.
TLDR The UK government wants service providers in the UK to request permission to apply updates including security updates. They may deny that permission for national security reasons.
Ie if the government wants it broken so they can keep exploiting it they will prevent anybody from getting patched.
This is one step removed from requiring software vendors to add back doors
Or deny that request, and turn the bug to a back door.
If I keep replying to myself it makes this thread look more busy. Attracting more attention. That's an interesting lemmy fact
Dude...Just don't unless its actually of value. Stop caring so much about internet points. There are better ways to "self-stimulate" 😘
I much appreciate your TLDR and agree with the take... but manipulating the thread is a 1st class express ticket to my blocklist ☹️👋
I've run out of interesting things to say
No I haven't! Sometimes I'm wrong
I thought I was wrong once, but it turned out I was mistaken.