Apple Will Pull iMessage & FaceTime If UK Surveillance Bill Passes
The UK should get ready for an explosion of green bubbles as Apple threatens to pull iMessage and FaceTime if a controversial surveillance bill passes. The UK’s Home Office has been waging a war on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and is looking to update the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016. One of the revisions would force companies to notify the Home Office before including or changing any security features in their services. Other revisions would force companies to add the ability to scan content — including encrypted messages — for illegal…
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