RIPA Request to Apple by UK

[arknor]

the ones they arent asking probably already do it for tax incentives.

maybe its the reason none of these massive companies seem to pay any tax in the uk

 

[b0rn2sk8]

It’s funny - people should also look at swiss cloud providers. I know of at least one that provides cloud space to very lofty Saudi and Middle Eastern individuals, accessed via vpn so that their data isn’t available to local law.. that same pattern exists globally.

If Apple wants to maintain it’s premium brand it will continue to prevent governmental eyes.

Behind this, I suspect is the US using it’s ties through the five eyes. It would mean US access via UK law into US organisations.
I wonder how much will end up in DOGE AI..

Accessing your data via a VPN doesn’t mean the authorities can’t also access it, that’s not what a VPN does. They would need a warrant anyway, this isn’t mass data surveillance.

All a VPN does is mask who is accessing it, not what they are accessing.

 

[Junglist]

For keeping things secure I like Nord Locker.

I need to renew my VPN so may check that out closer to the time. Used to rely on Proton Mail and their small drive.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

But I can still enable it?

I mean it's minimal impact to me. I'd make them get a warrant just for them to see it's lots of old reviews from years gone by.

Yes of course but the risk is, if you lose your device and/or your credentials, the data is GONE.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

the ones they arent asking probably already do it for tax incentives.

maybe its the reason none of these massive companies seem to pay any tax in the uk

Blame the EU for never implementing a common corporate tax across the member states.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Most EU countries including the U.K. have signed up to the OECD Pilar 2 rules.

If you don’t know what that is, it’s worth a google.

Talking about global tax issues is also well off topic so let’s get back to the government wanting access to the encrypted data of people under investigation of ‘serious’ crimes…