Cynthia Ng
@cynthiang.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary researcher
PhD Candidate // University of Warwick
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Critical && Technical Cyber Security
Cyber Security Professional CISSP, CISA, CDPSE
PhD Candidate // University of Warwick
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Critical && Technical Cyber Security
Cyber Security Professional CISSP, CISA, CDPSE
However, I wonder how many users globally were aware of ADP before it gets pulled from the UK on 21 February 2025.
February 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
However, I wonder how many users globally were aware of ADP before it gets pulled from the UK on 21 February 2025.
The launch of ADP in Dec 2022 wasn’t isolated—it came right after Apple abandoned its CSAM detection proposal due to privacy and mass surveillance concerns. On the same day, Apple announced ADP as an optional feature for iCloud, promising its highest level of cloud data security.
February 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The launch of ADP in Dec 2022 wasn’t isolated—it came right after Apple abandoned its CSAM detection proposal due to privacy and mass surveillance concerns. On the same day, Apple announced ADP as an optional feature for iCloud, promising its highest level of cloud data security.
What’s ADP in the news then? It’s an *optional feature* Apple introduced for iCloud in Dec 2022. Turning it on enables E2EE. Without ADP, Apple keeps a recovery key to help users recover their accounts. With ADP, users must keep the key themselves, and no one, not even Apple, can access their data.
February 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
What’s ADP in the news then? It’s an *optional feature* Apple introduced for iCloud in Dec 2022. Turning it on enables E2EE. Without ADP, Apple keeps a recovery key to help users recover their accounts. With ADP, users must keep the key themselves, and no one, not even Apple, can access their data.
What if Apple thinks lowering its privacy standard is justified? Maybe it sees the crime as serious enough to assist investigations by removing E2EE for iCloud. But that contradicts its past claims of resisting gov demands—like when it fought the FBI over the San Bernardino case.
February 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What if Apple thinks lowering its privacy standard is justified? Maybe it sees the crime as serious enough to assist investigations by removing E2EE for iCloud. But that contradicts its past claims of resisting gov demands—like when it fought the FBI over the San Bernardino case.
Assuming Apple didn’t want to lower its privacy standards but did, two possibilities: A) The ‘technical capability notice’ is legally solid, and Apple doesn’t think it can/should fight. Or B) Apple wants to expose the UK gov turning against its people and US tech, inciting backlash.
February 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Assuming Apple didn’t want to lower its privacy standards but did, two possibilities: A) The ‘technical capability notice’ is legally solid, and Apple doesn’t think it can/should fight. Or B) Apple wants to expose the UK gov turning against its people and US tech, inciting backlash.