Jon Millican
@jonmillican.bsky.social
Applied privacy engineer in the UK. Previously helping to lead end-to-end encryption for Messenger at Meta. he/him
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I'm on Germ DM 🔑
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FYI, Labour just made every Apple product in the UK less secure. All so that the state can snoop at leisure on anyone they like.
(Apple refused to install a back door to let government snoops in and got rid of enhanced security instead. Like binning a door instead of cutting a skeleton key for it.)
(Apple refused to install a back door to let government snoops in and got rid of enhanced security instead. Like binning a door instead of cutting a skeleton key for it.)
Apple is removing iCloud end-to-encryption features from the UK after government compelled it to add backdoors
Apple is removing iCloud end-to-encryption features from the UK after government compelled it to add backdoors
Apple is removing the option to enable Advanced Data Protection for iCloud users in the United Kingdom. This feature let users fully protect their data stored in iCloud with end-to-end encryption. However, a recent UK government order forces companies…
9to5mac.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
FYI, Labour just made every Apple product in the UK less secure. All so that the state can snoop at leisure on anyone they like.
(Apple refused to install a back door to let government snoops in and got rid of enhanced security instead. Like binning a door instead of cutting a skeleton key for it.)
(Apple refused to install a back door to let government snoops in and got rid of enhanced security instead. Like binning a door instead of cutting a skeleton key for it.)
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it shouldn't be illegal to not have access to your customers' data
February 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
it shouldn't be illegal to not have access to your customers' data
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We at the Internet Society are deeply disappointed that Apple has had to stop offering end-to-end encryption in the UK. The following can be attributed to Dr. Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Distinguished Technologist at the Internet Society: 1/
February 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We at the Internet Society are deeply disappointed that Apple has had to stop offering end-to-end encryption in the UK. The following can be attributed to Dr. Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Distinguished Technologist at the Internet Society: 1/
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Maybe there's something important about end-to-end encryption?! European Parliament is now recommending members use E2EE messaging because of the implications of Salt Typhoon. ht @komadori.bsky.social
European Parliament urges lawmakers to only use encrypted messages after China hacks
13 Feb 2025 - Pro Article - By Max Griera, Ellen O'Regan
pro.politico.eu
February 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Maybe there's something important about end-to-end encryption?! European Parliament is now recommending members use E2EE messaging because of the implications of Salt Typhoon. ht @komadori.bsky.social
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"The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability to view fully encrypted material, not merely assistance in cracking a specific account, and has no known precedent in major democracies."
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability to view fully encrypted material, not merely assistance in cracking a specific account, and has no known precedent in major democracies."
Given that E2EE messaging is coming to Bluesky, now seems a good time to cross-post a thread of mine from Threads, briefly discussing one of the interesting non-obvious tradeoffs that we had to consider around message history.
May 13, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Given that E2EE messaging is coming to Bluesky, now seems a good time to cross-post a thread of mine from Threads, briefly discussing one of the interesting non-obvious tradeoffs that we had to consider around message history.
Emma Connor and I have been ratcheting the ratchets up to 5! drive.google.com/file/d/1Wr-8...
April 1, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Emma Connor and I have been ratcheting the ratchets up to 5! drive.google.com/file/d/1Wr-8...