Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.

Flying Squid · 2 years ago

Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.

@NewBrainWhoThis@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

What about other tech companies like Microsoft or Google? Do they comply?

@Rin@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

Every company. Everything. Including Signal.

@tmjaea@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Can you elaborate on signal? They have a open source codebase without any back door?!

@Rin@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

Yes you’re correct. Signal would have to be forced to make a back door for the UK gov under this proposal. This is why they, with several others, are threatening to stop providing services in the UK should this pass.

hiire · 2 years ago

Didn’t they say they’d leave the UK if the new proposals are accepted?

@Rin@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

Yes they did.