Submitted 1 year ago by 0x815@feddit.de to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/24/apple-security-updates-ban/?
The government is suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates. Under the latest plans, tech companies would need to notify the British government before rolling out a security fix but might be refused permission if it blocks a vulnerability that’s being exploited by security services.
I realize I really have no right to say this as an American surrounded by fucking Republicans, but y’all are batshit crazy over there
As opposed to the EU legislating tech companies, the UK is so. much. worse.
This is probably one of the reasons Tories pushed for Brexit
To be fair I think they were quite split on the issue, I think the back benchers were more pro Brexit but the more prominent Tories were remainers.
The EU are trying to backdoor E2E encryption too. Ipersonallyy think the EU is great but don’t be so sure that everything they do is so benign.
My stupid fucking government everybody.
If I suffer financial loss due to a patched, but blocked by the government, vulnerability can I sue the government?
What does the british think of this?
Why are they(thr elected politicians) ruining their country?
Most of my fellow countrymen are too thick to understand anything about this and couldn’t care less.
It’s an island of neanderthals and I hope I can get highly skilled enough to leave it.
same. where you thinking to bail out to? my top 2 picks are netherlands and norway atm. got any ideas?
Most people here probably don’t care, or take the stance of “I’ve got nothing to hide”.
Because they’re rich and want to get richer
I think the Tory government are a shower of self serving cunts. That’s business as usual though.
I’ve honestly no idea why they keep getting voted in again and again. Baffles me even more why folk are voting Tory here in Scotland. “Fuck you, I’ve got mine” seems to be a big factor.
I’ve honestly no idea why they keep getting voted in again and again.
The voting system (FPTP) is undemocratic
They’ve been trying this shit for years and it always gets defeated. Problem is they keep pushing the issue every few years.
Same thing everyone else thinks. What a bunch of dipshits. Same reason your elected politicians are doing it. Either they think it’s for the greater good or they’re corrupt.
It’s fucking dumb. They’ve been making similar noises about having back doors in the encryption in WhatsApp too.
The politicians probably genuinely do think that is good for the population as they’ll think it’s for our safety or some bullshit, but know fuck all about technology or civil liberties to understand the consequences.
As for the population, I doubt most would even be aware of this or even care if they do.
Governance of the internet is not something individual nations should be able to do. It’s international and their restrictions would the. Be applied to companies who don’t operate in their country and eventually may conflict with laws in other countries forcing people to choose between countries they don’t care about wrapping people and companies who are just trying to provide a service into political wars. It’s just not good for anyone. Let NATO do it or only limit your own country’s companies/datacenters.
Signal already said that they're willing to leave the UK if the UK goes ahead with their E2EE backdoor law. I can see more companies doing the same if the government keeps insisting that every foreign company complies with their bullshit.
The thing is, with modern web technologies, this really ISN’T something the U.K. can actually do. There is nothing preventing me from connecting through Tor or a VPN and hitting a web endpoint that offers encrypted messaging. The whole thing is SO dumb that it’s hard to believe politicians are actually dumb enough to think they can outlaw E2E
Not taking away form your point htere, but one country forcing its regulations on other countries’ internet users is not really a new thing, the US does it all the time and a lot of countries are somehow okay with it.
The US is where the internet began and has a lot of nukes so it’s ok.
But in all seriousness the US needs to stop too. they will still have a lot of power as they control so many major global internet companies. Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, etc are all massive across the globe, potentially all in the top 5 biggest companies in the world (haven’t done my research on this front). And the US is and should absolutely be allowed to govern its companies, it’s just that that spills over to the internet since they control so much of it. All of their explicit internet management laws etc need to go though.
Wonder if Apple are running the numbers and seeing whether pulling out the UK altogether wouldn’t lose them much money.
I believe Apple’s flat out told them that if they push these restrictions they’ll disable iMessage and other services for UK residents.
Given that the vast majority of people use whatsapp this isn’t really a big threat.
Well, China and Russia do the same.
sapient_cogbag@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The uk has a serious surveillance state cultural problem.
And holy fuck is this dumb.
x4740N@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s what Tories in government gets you
Z3k3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In this case I don’t think it would matter. Labour are pretty authorial in some areas too
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Yep. Unfortunately I have no doubt that Labour would also implement something like this too, they didn’t have a good track record for civil liberties when they were in power.
FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
In principle it’s dumb, but we’ve also seen big tech companies push updates that are not security related under that guise.
standard.co.uk/…/apple-iphone-planned-obsolescenc…
AnonTwo@kbin.social 1 year ago
It doesn't sound like this is regarding non-security related updates though.This seems very strictly towards blocking actual security updates.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 year ago
There’s a reason why 1984 took place in Britain, they have a massive cultural issue.
theinspectorst@kbin.social 1 year ago
It took place in Britain because it was written by a British author for British audiences. It was written at a time when totalitarianism (both fascist and socialist) was a major threat in the world outside Britain.
IngSoc wasn't meant to suggest that Britain was somehow uniquely vulnerable to totalitarianism. It was meant to be a warning to Britons of how the totalitarianism that we could see dominating continental Europe and Russia at the time could also hypothetically develop here - IngSoc was meant to be a sort of 'totalitarianism with British characteristics'.
aksdb@feddit.de 1 year ago
It’s like they watched V for Vendetta and thought “awesome, but let’s prevent people like that masked dude”.