Comment by burnerthrow008
1 day ago
> Doesn't the US have access to all the data of non US citizens whose data is stored in the US without any oversight?
Er, no...? I'm not sure where you get that idea. Access requires a warrant, and companies are not compelled to build systems which enable them to decrypt all data covered by the warrant.
See, for example, the Las Vegas shooter case, where Apple refused to create an iOS build that would bypass iCloud security.
I asked if your Android backup is encrypted. Implies I'm talking about unencrypted data.
> See, for example, the Las Vegas shooter case
I am not in Las Vegas or anywhere else in the US. So as far as i know all the data about me that is stored in the US is easily accessible without a warrant unless it's encrypted with a key that's not available with the storage.
> companies are not compelled to build systems which enable them to decrypt all data covered by the warrant
Again, not what I was talking about.
I'm merely pointing out that your data is not necessarily encrypted, and that the "rest of the world" was already unprotected vs at least one state. The UK joining in would just add another.
This is why Apple, and more recently Google, create systems where they don't have access to your unencrypted data on their servers.
> Google Maps is changing the way it handles your location data. Instead of backing up your data to the cloud, Google will soon store it locally on your device.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/5/24172204/google-maps-delet...
You can't be forced to hand over data on your servers that you don't have access to, warrant or no.
The UK wants to make this workaround illegal on an international basis.
> You can't be forced to hand over data on your servers that you don't have access to, warrant or no.
But you can be forced to record and store that data even if you don't want to.
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Small correction.
Google had "created a system where they don't have access to your data on their servers" a couple of years BEFORE Apple. Android 10 introduced it in 2019.
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People always overestimate how much companies will defy their government for you, legally or otherwise.
> all the data about me that is stored in the US is easily accessible without a warrant
No, law enforcement needs a warrant to legally access any data. This is why Prism was illegal, and why companies like Google are pushing back against overly broad geofence search warrants.
> This is why Prism was illegal
Yet it still existed, and was used for surveillance by 3 letter agencies. Why do you think this is any different?
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All Encrochat evidence was illegal in at least three different ways. UK Law enforcement didn't care. They just lied.
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