GrapheneOS is leaving France after receiving threats from law enforcement(grapheneos.social)

45 pointsby a0223112 months ago3 comments

ChrisArchitect2 months ago
More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46037573
- dang2 months ago
  Comments moved thither. Thanks!
- a0223112 months ago
  Oh, sorry! I searched to see if this was mentioned before, but I didn't find any results. I guess I could have used a slightly better query...
  - dang2 months ago
    It happens!
codedokode2 months ago
Interesting, from the thread I learned that Apple have removed "advanced data protection" in UK [1]. I think, is is available even in Russia, but not in UK. That's why you cannot rely on commercial companies protecting your data - they are always ok with negotiating secret deals behind the closed doors. The only ones who are on your side are unpaid open-source volunteer developers.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo
- jamwil2 months ago
  How are you drawing that conclusion? Apple elected to publicly withdraw the entire feature from the country rather than negotiate a secret deal behind closed doors.
  The blame here is with the UK Government, not Apple.
- halJordan2 months ago
  Apple never removed adp, the usg stepped in and came to an agreement with the uk govt.
  - mbirth2 months ago
    They have removed it. UK users see a message:
    Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) in the United Kingdom to new users.
    People that have it already enabled can still use it as Apple is not allowed to talk about the "secret" order to disable it. However, there are rumours that they will block iCloud sync at some point until people disable the encryption again.
throitallaway2 months ago
How many posts about this do we need this week?