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Monique Barrow's avatar

Great article! I'm glad that you added the European Court of Human Rights ruling from last year, as it was an important case for E2EE. I also would like to add that this order is such a big worry because the U.K. is a member of the Five Eyes Alliance. If the U.K. government gets what it wants, I can see how the other members would attempt to do something similar, making their surveillance measures all the more alarming.

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Mahdi Assan's avatar

Thanks, glad you like it. On your Five Eyes point, these data access orders are usually kept secret barring a leak or something else. So the other agencies may already have some sort of access already. Never really know for sure.

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Monique Barrow's avatar

Interesting. I'll keep that in mind.

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Privacat's avatar

It's a bit interesting that the UK issued such a blanket demand, and I wonder how this will impact the adequacy review process.

While I'm glad Apple didn't break E2EE for everyone, it is a shame they ended up putting UK citizens at risk. One can only hope that the UK government will face the consequences for their rights violating demands.

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