Comment on Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 year agoI guess I think of it like bugging a phone. The technology for bugging phones has been around for a long time, but that doesn’t mean the authorities are bugging everybody’s phones all the time. Even if they can theoretically listen to everyone’s conversations, that doesn’t mean they are always listening. There would be too many conversations to listen to.
smeg@feddit.uk 1 year ago
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Maybe I should read more about encryption. I was thinking maybe a company like Apple could just keep the encryption keys stored somewhere. So if needed they could decrypt particular messages. There could be big punishments, prison time, for anybody within Apple who decrypts messages without a court warrant.
smeg@feddit.uk 1 year ago
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Fair enough. I will try to read more stuff about encryption.