Comment by troupo
14 hours ago
> By loudly disabling ADP and saying this feature is illegal in the UK
They didn't say anything loudly, or said it was illegal in the UK.
All they had was a single comment to a single (or perhaps a handful at most) comment to a media outlet that they disabled it.
They didn't even bother with a press release, or notify their users.
It's not even half a stand. It's a rollover
Is the UK law broadly against encrypted files?
For example if I encrypt a file locally, a zip file containing images, am I not permitted to upload that zip file to a cloud service in the UK?
Even if the UK's demands were "access to encrypted cloud services", does that also mean encrypted files within encrypted storage? It all seems so messy. Anyone who really wants to hide their files, can do so regardless of demands for backdoors.
> Anyone who really wants to hide their files, can do so regardless of demands for backdoors.
The question isn't about "anyone who wants". It's about "anyone, regardless of their technical skill"