US administration asked to kick UK out of 65-year-old Five Eyes intelligence sharing agreement after secret order to access encrypted data of Apple users.

  • Naich@lemmings.world
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    1 day ago

    I would have thought the US spooks would jump at the chance to get their hands on some ripe, juicy unencrypted data. I thought that’s what 5 Eyes was all about.

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      14 hours ago

      I think the US are just upset because UK didn’t want to share.

      If all 5-eyes countries collectively bullied Apple into handing over the keys, they’d be all for it.

      Between all of them (AUS/CAN/NZ/UK/US) I don’t think the UK would get voted out over this. Australia has wanted encryption backdoors for years, and make it a criminal offence to refuse decrypting data at government request.

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      19 hours ago

      Yeah, kinda confusing.

      They want the UK kicked out of the “spying group” because it was… spying?