Instead of users being pawns in the game played by politicians against Apple, Apple could step aside and leave the politicians to deal with users direct.
encryption
Our politicians are busy playing unintended consequences again.
Compare the approaches to privacy in medical research with those in commercial marketing.
Much of our data protection and privacy law dates from the last century. Instead of breaking privacy down, politicians should be protecting it better.
For once, Apple’s stand could be broken by forthcoming UK legislation, in the form of the Investigatory Powers Bill.
Backdoors will be exploited, and can only result in unintentional consequences. They would put the economy and society at risk.
Accessible explanations of how AES encryption is performed, and how encryption works in iPhones and iPads.
Twenty years ago, law enforcement agencies wanted backdoor access to encrypted communications. Look what happened.
Rather than blathering on about surveillance, our politicians had better start preparing their excuses.
Could your HTTPS and VPN be so easy to crack that a well-prepared hacker could open your secure connections?
