Apple removes end to end encryption (ADP) in the UK

Bluecube said:
I didn’t have it enabled either and didn’t think anything of it however one thing that concerned me in the BBC report was that all my current iCloud data is easily readable, something I wasn’t aware of. I thought data stored on iCloud was encrypted so that it could only be read by the user ala ADP. Either the BBC report is wrong or I’m going to have to look into encrypting data before storing it on iCloud.
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Shouldn't be too hard GnuPG works well and works on multiple platforms.

If you want a mac GUI you can use this: https://gpgtools.org/
 
ntemples1 said:
does this mean my macbook pro can be forceable cracked if they want to? not that I have anything I am worried about, I just hate that they can do this. If so are there any other ways to encrypt it?
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If it is already encrypted you should be fine. The article just talks about iCloud being end to end encrypted using ADP.
 
kindai said:
Heres the thing though, in the UK you can be ordered by the court to unlock your devices and failure to do so can lead to immediate prison time.

The only difference this change makes is they can snoop on your stuff without you knowing about it now.
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You can have hidden encrypted partitions that give you plausable deniability if you really want to be secure.
 
Greedo said:
I'm not an Apple user, can you just use a VPN to get around this? Or is it based on account settings or something?
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A VPN just encrypts data in transit. End to end encryption is encryption while in transfer and at rest on a storage medium so that there is zero attack vector even if someone physically steals the hard drives or snoops on network data.

Edit: Ah, my bad. Read that wrong. Sorry.
 
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