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The government is suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates. Under the latest plans, tech companies would need to notify the British government before rolling out a security fix but might be refused permission if it blocks a vulnerability that’s being exploited by security services.

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[-] Turbo@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

This sounds like a clandestine way to force cooperation of backdoors, otherwise asking for permission to patch your own software is bonkers ...

[-] Polydextrous@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

It’s not even clandestine. They’re openly admitting they’re using the vulnerabilities as a way to spy.

[-] Turbo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agreed, I meant rather than asking for a back door or making it law, they could make it really difficult for the software vendor that the vendor actually volunteers a back door so they can be freed of the burden of asking permission for a patch and explaining what that patch does and what files it modifies etc..

this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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