Comment by VWWHFSfQ
15 days ago
> As long as Apple has a business presence in the UK, they are subject to the laws the UK imposes on them even if they're vastly overreaching and impose on other government's citizens.
I wonder if this means that Apple would ultimately take the same approach that they have in China, where the iCloud data and services are entirely localized within China and allows the Chinese government unrestricted access.
one can't compare china and the uk.
china had leverage because of the manufacturing happening over there and the incredible market opportunity, UK doesn't have much.
technically i believe apple could get out of the UK market to provoke a backslash on the government.
If they concede, other government will use the exact same blackmailing technique and one can say it will be the absolute end of their "privacy" marketing campaign they spent so much money into.
Apple offers the same escrowed key and non-escrowed key (advanced data protection) features in China as far as I'm aware. The extra capability GCBD has would be access to protected at rest data like iCloud email.