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   Matthew Green (matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 21:24:37 JST Matthew Green

   The U.K. may be preparing to issue Apple an order that forces them to (secretly) disable encryption. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 21:25:05 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     @matthew_d_green Apple would disable iMessage altogether & then slowly exit the UK, albeit not before trying to apply pressure from the American side.

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     Matthew Green (matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 21:25:06 JST Matthew Green

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     Let’s be clear about what this article is saying. The U.K. has a law that allows it to issue “technical capability notices” to companies. These notices require the company to effectively disable, or secretly backdoor, their encryption mechanisms.

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 21:36:23 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • Henrik Kramselund - kramse 🍉

     @kramse @matthew_d_green To my knowledge no, but Apple almost shut down iMessage in the United States 🇺🇸 the last time Trump was President (he was demanding the same thing).

     I think what would happen is iMessage would be disabled in the UK, enraging tens of millions of people, & other messaging apps would begin preemptively banning the UK too (before a similar order is sent their way).

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     Henrik Kramselund - kramse 🍉 (kramse@helvede.net)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 21:36:24 JST Henrik Kramselund - kramse 🍉

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     • Darnell Clayton :verified:

     @darnell @matthew_d_green have they left other jurisdictions or is that your guess?

     The UK market is huge and a lot of earnings...