The United Kingdom has been planning to update its Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016, which would require messaging services to disable their security features upon request by the authorities in an attempt to “protect the public from criminals, child sex abusers and terrorists”. Apple voiced concerns that the new changes might compromise data security and information privacy and threatened to pull iMessage and FaceTime from the UK if the revised act goes through. WhatsApp and Signal also strongly opposed a clause in the Online Safety Bill, which essentially wants services to...
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