UK government demands Apple backdoor to encrypted cloud data: report | TechCrunch
techcrunch.com
Apple is likely to stop providing its encrypted cloud service to U.K. users

I currently use Telegram for my friends and family, but have reluctantly come to the conclusion that the UK Government is either reaching agreement for backdoors with messaging services, or is trying its hardest to.

I’m also on Element/Matrix. Before I try to get my contacts to join me on there, should I be aware of any privacy issues or is that a good place to head?

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      How do you even exist without a phone number. How do you get cellular data? Does the government not require you to have one? Your employer? What about all the services that require one?

      • fangleone2526@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        30 minutes ago

        To be clear, I have a phone number, but I do not WANT to have one. Most aspects of my life I have removed my phone number from. There are still a few services ( like signal! ) which requires one, and I cope. Cellular data is also something worth avoiding, from a privacy perspective. It is very possible to live a life where you’re never very far from wifi, especially in a city. I do not currently do this, but would love to one day.

    • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I have to wonder if you could use a burner number and just disable it after setting up your username

      • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 hour ago

        I think you’d have a theoretical issue if the next person who got that number also tried to set up a signal account.

        • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
          1·
          34 minutes ago

          You might be right. I’ll have to go double check, but I don’t think that you can just set up a new account with the same number without the password you set up.

          I might be wrong, though.