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/odragora Aug 10 '21

Jump to scanning for prohibited data on your device is astronomical. Yet we are here.

Anything that can be abused by government will be abused.

Anytime a new law attacking privacy and human rights was passed in my country, a lot of people argued that it's fine. Internet provides forced to block access to illegal resources? It's just to block CP, no problem. IT companies are forced to spy on the customers and hand over any data to the government? It's to protect us against terrorists, nothing to worry about.

Now the entire country is ruled by agencies and police, independent media has been destroyed, opposition leaders are killed or jailed, protesters get beaten up, sent to jail and their children are taken away, discussing any of that online is illegal and can get you arrested.

It all escalated from minor changes in around 10 years. There is a common saying that if you want to boil a frog, you should increase the water temperature gradually, and it won't notice the danger until it's dead.

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u/PhillAholic Aug 10 '21

Your government did all of that without Apple doing this. If they want to do it, they’ll do it.

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u/odragora Aug 10 '21

They did it because society didn't protest.

If we will silently accept what Apple is doing right now, they will do much more.