Is Yvette Cooper right?

escaped

I'm no expert, but I think Apple have a point. They are no doubt just reacting to the way this government made the sneaky, uninformed request. Apple can't allow a backdoor without the entire service being no longer secure to everyone. I don't think Yvette Cooper is up to speed with the workings of technology, which move far far faster than she can blink.

Is my understanding right that it only affects new Apple users, not those already using it? And what percentage of people actually use ADP anyway?

I like Yvette Cooper, she may not be a complete dimwit, but I fear she might be another one out of her depth. I actually fear this entire government, in following its own interests, might be causing the UK to slip down the pile and I'm not hopeful things will reset.

Sad to say that your right Re Evette Cooper not being up to speed on how fast tech is changing.
Is she aware of what replaced Encrochat?
If you’ve got this new system you don’t need ADP.

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/gangsters-now-using-new-generation-20017674

Getting back to the OP, if Apple give governments (any government) a key to the back door of its encryption software, then the hackers will be following them in.

Escaped, what makes you say that the government is ‘sneaky and uninformed’? What do you know that they don’t?

I have mixed feelings about this, largely because we don’t know how the situation will be used by future regimes, but it’s impossible to discuss on political threads when people use language like that.

M0nica now you are taking things to the extreme.

Anyone who cooks from scratch will have sharp knives in the kitchen.

I think your GD’s play knives and your blunt tea knives are safe.

Nobody needs a combat or zombie knife, but if a low life wants to walk around with a knife out of their parents kitchen they will, and they will use it.

Is my understanding right that it only affects new Apple users, not those already using it?
I heard that it would be removed from current users later. It would presumably take even a computer system a while to sort out UK users.

Iam64

Stop and Search is necessary but its history does raise concerns.

Better to have concerns surely (too many erroneous targets with Stop & Search) rather than dead boys. A bit of outrage? No comparison in my book.

I'm no expert, but I think Apple have a point. They are no doubt just reacting to the way this government made the sneaky, uninformed request. Apple can't allow a backdoor without the entire service being no longer secure to everyone. I don't think Yvette Cooper is up to speed with the workings of technology, which move far far faster than she can blink.

Is my understanding right that it only affects new Apple users, not those already using it? And what percentage of people actually use ADP anyway?

I like Yvette Cooper, she may not be a complete dimwit, but I fear she might be another one out of her depth. I actually fear this entire government, in following its own interests, might be causing the UK to slip down the pile and I'm not hopeful things will reset.

If Apple allowed this the criminals would not be far behind.

GrannyGravy13

M0nica I know the difference between a zombie knife and a kitchen knife.

All knives can kill!

So should I lock up my lovely set of blunt-ended tea knives and the ones DGD has for her dolls?

Equating one of these vicious Zombie knives designed to do maximum damage to human flesh with one stab and twist, One bought with the purpose of killing or permananetly mutilate someone with ordinary household knives, is like comparing a pop gun with a building-destroying drone.

Casdon

GrannyGravy13

M0nica I know the difference between a zombie knife and a kitchen knife.

All knives can kill!

That’s true, but there is a culture of knife envy. Combat knives of all kinds are far more attractive to those who want knives than a kitchen knife is. There is no legitimate need for the vast majority of the population to own a combat knife at all.

Is there a legitimate need for anyone at all to own a combat knife?

If it stops people exchanging vile photos and videos of child abuse and terrorists from planning attacks then I fully back it. The Government is welcome to see my messages between friends where we talk about the weather and our grandchildren. They’d pass out with boredom.

Gin

I think it is time to ban extreme right wing posts. I find it extremely frightening.

If that was a joke you should have added a smiley.
You were joking, weren’t you 🤷‍♀️

GrannyGravy13

M0nica I know the difference between a zombie knife and a kitchen knife.

All knives can kill!

That’s true, but there is a culture of knife envy. Combat knives of all kinds are far more attractive to those who want knives than a kitchen knife is. There is no legitimate need for the vast majority of the population to own a combat knife at all.

Stop and Search is necessary but its history does raise concerns.

Iam64

On the Amazon knife point, it’s simply untrue to say YCooper is only interested in banning the sale of knives and not on the underlying causes. The government can’t fail to be aware of the social problems that underpin knife and other crime. Its policies are long term and aimed at reducing crime by effective early intervention.

The elephant in the room is stop and search.

I think there should be more, many are against it.

Also more portable knife arches.

M0nica I know the difference between a zombie knife and a kitchen knife.

All knives can kill!

On the Amazon knife point, it’s simply untrue to say YCooper is only interested in banning the sale of knives and not on the underlying causes. The government can’t fail to be aware of the social problems that underpin knife and other crime. Its policies are long term and aimed at reducing crime by effective early intervention.

I find the whole oh it will be all fine why do people think they will be interested in them deeply patronising. As I have said repeatedly on these threads many of us know women who have to take legal action to protect their speech or who have had visits from the police for their speech. So many are instantly wary, trust was lost some time ago.
Oh and if we are being impolite, I found the threads about the Tories deeply tedious but I just skipped over them.

Allira

growstuff

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Hey perhaps Apple should reveal all phone conversations between politicians and civil servants as a first step, then see how keen they are on the idea!

What's the logic in that? Do conversations between politicians endanger the lives of the public? You don't seem to have much idea how sordid the lives of those who make money out of people and drug trafficking and child porn are.

Yes, they do.

Conversations between Blair and his SPAD, Campbell, certainly endangered lives here in the UK and elsewhere.

My daughter works for the National Crime Agency. Some of the crimes they investigate are on a different scale from anything Blair and Campbell ever did. It's really nasty, sordid stuff, often involving international networks. Communications are key to the success of the networks, but unfortunately there is sometimes no way of monitoring the communications as a result of encrypted messages. They're not interested in spying on people's holiday snaps.

Silverbrooks

Not the same thing but along similar lines, UK police have been unable to see what Axel Rudakubana was searching online before the Southport attack as they are locked in a lengthy US legal process to obtain the data from Google and Microsoft. The detective in charge of the case said it could take years.

Axel Rudakunana was being monitored and had been interviewed but the police didn’t see him as a serious threat, they cant put him in prison because of what he might do.
There are probably more than a thousand others being monitored, picking out out the one that might attack a children’s dance school just is not realistic.

Individual posters obviously Dickens...... what could possibly go wrong 🤣🤣🤣

Gin

I think it is time to ban extreme right wing posts. I find it extremely frightening.

... who decides what is extreme - right or left wing?

No wonder posters leave Gransnet. There seems to be a group of posters now which is unable to discuss the question objectively without attacking the poster.
That often seems to happen, whichever party is under discussion and
whatever the subject.

MayBee70

Allira

Your obsession with the Labour govt is getting out of control FGT2

A few of years ago posters said the same about others, substituting Tory for Labour.

No wonder posters leave Gransnet. There seems to be a group of posters now which is unable to discuss the question objectively without attacking the poster.

But the Conservatives party tore themselves apart. Chose the wrong leaders. Got rid of their best MP’s. All at times of national crisis sometimes. That’s why some of us criticised them. And were proven to be right because their own party members had to get rid of Johnson and Truss.

I agree. Absolutely the right thing to do, Maybee. Truss for instance! 😯

But attacking posters for their views is not the right thing to do.

My guess is that Musk and friends use the very highest levels for personal and political purposes. They are certainly a danger to democracy.

X is fixed with algorithms that bring up pro-Musk references, so much for "freedom"

And his government department DOGE are gaining access to vast amounts of personal data by obtaining access to tax and social security and medicaid systems, previously protected by privacy within and between workers in these departments.