{"id":46849,"date":"2025-02-25T16:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T21:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=46849"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:17:39","slug":"fbi-also-wants-to-break-icloud-advanced-data-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/fbi-also-wants-to-break-icloud-advanced-data-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Also Wants to Break iCloud Advanced Data Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zak Doffman<\/a> (via Eric deRuiter<\/a>, Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

What has just shocked the U.K. is exactly what the FBI told me it also wants in the U.S. “Lawful access” to any encrypted user data. The bureau’s quiet warning was confirmed just a few weeks ago.<\/p>

The U.K. news cannot be seen in isolation and follows years of battling between big tech and governments<\/a> over warranted, legal access to encrypted messages and content to fuel investigations into serious crimes such as terrorism and child abuse.<\/p>

As I reported<\/a> in 2020, “it is looking ever more likely that proponents of end-to-end security, the likes of Facebook and Apple, will lose their campaign to maintain user security as a priority.” It has taken five years, but here we now are.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

When December’s encryption warnings<\/a> hit in the wake of Salt Typhoon, the bureau told me while it wants to see encrypted messaging, it wants that encryption to be “responsible.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because the backdoor worked so well then?<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n