kepano
@kepano
freedom of encryption is a human right
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Vinay Vasanji
@vinayvasanji.eth
i'm confused by this - did they or didn't they make UK user data less secure and private?
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Anniceris 🎩
@anniceris
What's changed is they have removed the ability for apple users to be the only holder of the private key that is used to access the users encrypted cloud files. Previously when this feature was activated this key was unknown to apple and not stored on apple servers and only stored in the user's device. With this latest change the key can now only be stored on apple servers meaning the UK government can now use court orders to make apple provide the key to them, whereas before they would have needed to coerce the user into providing the key.
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Vinay Vasanji
@vinayvasanji.eth
The good thing is govts never abuse their authority so this seems fine :) I like Proton and recommend everyone switch over if they are inclined to find an alternative to iCloud They're clear about the implications of law enforcement requests, everything has to go via the Swiss authorities and Switzerland has extremely watertight data privacy laws—plus data is encrypted so they likely can't hand it over anyway even if compelled https://proton.me/legal/law-enforcement
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Anniceris 🎩
@anniceris
Yes as far as I am aware proton doesn't hold your private keys on their servers and uses strong encryption protocols. Just make sure to be careful about the companies used for any recovery email addresses https://protos.com/protonmail-hands-info-to-government-but-says-its-not-google/
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