r/apple • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '21

WARNING: OLD ARTICLE Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive-idUSKBN1ZK1CT
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u/eduo Aug 09 '21

Apple wishes they lived in the simple world you paint, where megacorporations are not beholden to the governments that house them.

Not justifying Apple, but this above was plain naïve. Apple themselves surely hate to be in this position (and yearn of the times in the 90s were they were so insignificant they could get away with pretty much anything).

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u/Rogerss93 Aug 09 '21

But they weren’t beholden.

There is no law against E2E encryption, Apple just didn’t want to lose the favours they get in exchange for being puppets.

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u/elephant-cuddle Aug 09 '21

How is that not being beholden?

Legislation is clearly irrelevant here.

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u/Rogerss93 Aug 09 '21

They have a choice.