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Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears to be trying to set a new record. After putting iMessage and FaceTime at risk, the government is now suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates.

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[โ€“] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

at least it means government devices will also be easier to hack. looking forward to having a live feed from the PM's mobile phone so we can hear everything they say.

[โ€“] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The lengths they'll go to ensure that losing a password never has to mean losing data again.