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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Welcome to the world of British politics. When their advisor on drugs, the scientist prof David Nutt, pointed out that riding a horse is statistically known to be more dangerous than MDMA he was summarily dismissed from his post. These people don't want inconvenient facts to spoil their Victorian era conception of reality. So it will go with their absurd and pernicious spying charter.
Reminds me of a quote I have always enjoyed:
"We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality." Thomas B. MacCaulay