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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 06-Aug-2021 11:32:41 CEST Aral Balkan

   (There are two easy ways to backdoor end-to-end encryption if you control either the signaling or one of the ends.

   The first, if you control the signaling, is to simply add another end into the conversation and not tell anyone about it. Any centralised messaging service can implement this.

   The second, if you control one of the ends, is to do what Apple plans to do: look through the data after it has been decrypted and have the end take some sort action based on what you find.)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 06-Aug-2021 11:32:41 CEST Aral Balkan

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     Basically, if Apple implements this, it means your phone is no longer your own.

     Every iPhone and iPad will come with parental controls activated. The parents, in this case are Apple, and your national government.

     If you, yourself, are a parent, you will have the option to activate a second level of parental control for your children so you are notified if they share nude images. In some cultures this will lead to a stern taking to. In others, it will lead to honour killings.