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Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears to be trying to set a new record. After putting iMessage and FaceTime at risk, the government is now suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

This is a case where companies might just resort to cutting the UK out of the market entirely, because this has unacceptable implications for literally the entire rest of the world.