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Apple Suggest They Will Withdraw iMessage and FaceTime In UK If Law Changes Go Ahead (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apple has said planned changes to British surveillance laws could affect iPhone users’ privacy by forcing it to withdraw security features, which could ultimately lead to the closure of services such as FaceTime and iMessage in the UK.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Good. Let's all move to signal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Signal have already said they will withdraw completely from the UK, as have WhatsApp, Session and a few others.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If and when Signal is packaged for F-Droid, how is the British government going to stop people in the UK from using Signal?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Knowing this gvmt, they'll try and prevent access at the ISP level. They've already started making noises about tackling 'the menace of VPN's'.