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Apple Ordered To Provide UK Gov’t Access To All User Data On The Cloud

Posted by M. C. on February 11, 2025

The Cloud…no silver lining. I wouldn’t keep a recipe there.

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by Tyler Durden

Saturday, Feb 08, 2025 – 08:10 AM

Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA,

The Washington Post reported Friday that the United Kingdom’s deep state has demanded that Apple create a back door for them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud—what would be an unprecedented erosion of online privacy and civil liberties.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/apple-ordered-provide-uk-govt-access-all-user-data-cloud

The Washington Post reported Friday that the United Kingdom’s deep state has demanded that Apple create a back door for them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud—what would be an unprecedented erosion of online privacy and civil liberties.

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Citing anonymous sources, the Post reported that the British government’s undisclosed order was issued last month. It reportedly requires Apple to give officials blanket capability to view fully encrypted material.

Typically, Apple has assisted authorities on a case-by-case basis—such as helping the FBI access a terrorist’s phone, for example. The Post noted that the access sought by the UK “has no known precedent in major democracies.”

🚨WaPo published an EXTREMELY important story today about a secret UK order for Apple to provide it w/ total access to all user data on the cloud — an order that would implicate Americans and the entire world.
The Post rightly notes that the UK’s order “has no known precedent in… pic.twitter.com/pA3uvpnekc — Ken Silva (@JD_Cashless) February 7, 2025

According to the Post, the UK’s order was made pursuant to the sweeping U.K. Investigatory Powers Act of 2016, which authorizes law enforcement to compel assistance from companies to access user data.

The law, known by critics as the Snoopers’ Charter

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Facebook Admits to Sharing User Data with Huawei

Posted by M. C. on June 8, 2018

Lying liars and their lying friends.

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/06/07/facebook-admits-to-sharing-user-data-with-huawei/

by Nate Church

Tensions between the masters of the universe at Facebook and United States lawmakers continue to mount, as the companyconfirms that it actually did share user data with Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei.

Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Bill Nelson (D-FL), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding answers after the revelation that Facebook had farmed out its extensive user data to over 60 different phone manufacturers. Now, the company has responded. Read the rest of this entry »

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