← Back to context Comment by silentsea90 3 years ago Why isn't end to end encryption a standard now? 2 comments silentsea90 Reply daveoc64 3 years ago Because it's impractical in a lot of cases.Most consumers don't want to (or can't) deal with managing encryption keys, and aren't going to be keen on the idea that if you lose the key, you lose the data permanently. pseudalopex 3 years ago Pressure from governments reportedly.[1][1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...
daveoc64 3 years ago Because it's impractical in a lot of cases.Most consumers don't want to (or can't) deal with managing encryption keys, and aren't going to be keen on the idea that if you lose the key, you lose the data permanently.
pseudalopex 3 years ago Pressure from governments reportedly.[1][1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...
Because it's impractical in a lot of cases.
Most consumers don't want to (or can't) deal with managing encryption keys, and aren't going to be keen on the idea that if you lose the key, you lose the data permanently.
Pressure from governments reportedly.[1]
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...