US spy chief Gabbard says UK agreed to drop 'backdoor' mandate for Apple(reuters.com)

16 pointsby jnordhá 11 meses3 comments

US spy chief Gabbard says UK agreed to drop 'backdoor' mandate for Apple

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-spy-chief-gabbard-says-uk-agreed-drop-backdoor-mandate-apple-2025-08-19/

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kissaprofeettahá 11 meses

Read: they struck some kind of secret deal or get private data using other means.

clemailacct1há 11 meses

Maybe yes? Maybe no? This has been an ongoing situation with the UK and demanding backdoors into US platforms - I’m not convinced them dropping it came down to “striking a secret deal”.

foo70há 11 meses

definitely - they already have what they need and this is just a distraction