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jacksnipe on March 14, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pressure grows to hold secret Apple data privacy h...

> Any cloud service that has end-to-end encryption today can be forced to break it if the jurisdiction in which they're based passes a law requiring it.

If a 3rd party can be compelled to decrypt it, it’s not e2e encrypted.

danaris on March 15, 2025 [–]

"Break it" in the same sense as the UK is demanding of Apple: put a backdoor into their encryption that "only the good guys can use".

Before they do that, it is e2ee. After they do that, it is not.

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