Would be nice if hackers could target the idiots implementing these legal changes. Make them feel the pain of their stupidity first
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The amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill, allegedly intended to make people safer
Nothing about those amendments have anything to do with keeping people safer. Fucking twats.
We're living in an upside down world when corporations are trying to protect us from the government, instead of the other way around.
Does this specifically just relate to Apple, or is this all updates for anything i.e. linux ones, device firmware etc?
Apple just have better lawyers.
It would presumably apply to any tech company operating in the UK, including those developing Linux distributions like Canonical and Ubuntu.
"if the UK rejects an update, that update cannot be released in any other nation and the public would not be informed of the decision."
I get that nations can insist on all sorts of things from businesses that want access to their market, and that companies only comply if the finances still stack in their favour.
Is the UK really valuable enough to consumer tech companies, relative to the rest of the world combined, or is this some feint as part of a different negotiation entirely?