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Never mind signal, what would Apple do if the UK government forced them to compromise E2E crypt? Someone hasn't thought this thorough properly...

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I'd like to think that the UK is small enough of a market for Apple to not give a single flying fuck about the govt forcing them to compromise E2E crypto.

Apple willingly handed over all iCloud data on Chinese citizens upon request. They don't care about privacy at all. They won't abandon the U.K. They'll comply with every single legal directive, as they have pledged to do on multiple occasions.

China is a far more crucial market for them for a wide variety of reasons.

They have virtually no operations in the UK. If the PR impact will cost them more than ditching the UK, they will ditch the UK.

What would they do with the people who has the Advanced Data Protection for iCloud on?

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