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After the United Kingdom demanded that Apple create a backdoor that would allow government officials globally to spy on encrypted data, Apple decided to simply turn off encryption services in the UK rather than risk exposing its customers to snooping.

Apple had previously allowed end-to-end encryption of data on UK devices through its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) tool, but that ended Friday, a spokesperson said in a lengthy statement.

"Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) in the United Kingdom to new users and current UK users will eventually need to disable this security feature," Apple said.

The UK Investigatory Powers Act has been dubbed a "Snooper's Charter," the Financial Times reported, granting the UK government powers to "access the encrypted data of Apple customers anywhere in the world, including in the US."

According to Apple, complying with the UK law could have enabled not just government officials but also bad actors to gain access to encrypted data. Critics, including the US tech industry group, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, had further warned that the recent Salt Typhoon breach had made it clear that "end-to-end encryption may be the only safeguard standing between Americans' sensitive personal and business data and foreign adversaries."

"We are gravely disappointed that the protections provided by ADP will not be available to our customers in the UK given the continuing rise of data breaches and other threats to customer privacy," Apple said. "Enhancing the security of cloud storage with end-to-end encryption is more urgent than ever before."

For UK Apple users, some data can still be encrypted. iCloud Keychain and Health, iMessage, and FaceTime will remain end-to-end encrypted by default. But other iCloud services will not be encrypted, effective immediately, including iCloud Backup, iCloud Drive, Photos, Notes, Reminders, Safari Bookmarks, Siri Shortcuts, Voice memos, Wallet passes, and Freeform.

In the future, Apple hopes to restore data protections in the UK, but the company refuses to ever build a backdoor for government officials.

"Apple remains committed to offering our users the highest level of security for their personal data and are hopeful that we will be able to do so in the future in the United Kingdom," Apple said. "As we have said many times before, we have never built a backdoor or master key to any of our products or services, and we never will."

You mean, we do it for free?

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It was r*pe. Not defined as such by New York law, but it was r*pe.I accept the ruling of the case, btw. Under New York law, it wasn't r*pe. But it was r*pe.Oh we only have a sexual assaulter as President. Wheew, i was worried there.Hey, genius There's a difference between the law and justice. And you can accept a court ruling and still think overpowering a woman in a department store and forcible digital penetration is r*pe.That is what you are defending. (38)

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That's not censorship. That's people agreeing or disagreeing with a comment. (40)

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People get banned for social views I'm aware of that, which i don't really agree with as long as they are not down right hatefulBut i see plenty of people discuss conservative economic policy (18)

Hateful my frickin butt. You don't see all the hate that's being sent towards Trump and his supporters on every sub? You're perfectly fine with hateful as long as the hate is towards your opponent. (-15)

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That's because it's /r/conservative and not a general subreddit. The problem is every front page subreddit is basically /r/liberal. You get banned in /r/conservative for going against the grain, conservatives get banned in EVERY other subreddit for the same thing. (27)

That's so weird. I'm quite the leftist, though someone did try to tell me I'm a "leftist-libertarian," lol, and I've gotten banned from certain subreddits that aren't supposed to be political, but apparently they are. Sometimes, the ban is simply because I'm in many different subreddits. Oh, I also had my account completely banned. This account is a new account. It was all because I spoke about human rights. Not once have I gone to any conservative sub. I don't even go to the liberal sub.Politically, I don't really care what someone calls me, I've been registered as non-affiliated since 2004, and I'm indigenous/Native/NDN (again, idgaf), so my beliefs will always align with the land, water, animals, and people. I disagree with Liberals and conservatives. They're the same evil. Conservatives are evil to my face. Liberals are evil behind my back.But don't act like conservatives are banned from every sub. That is absolutely not true. Trumpublic*nts don't even get banned when it's them ... (7)

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I'm about as progressive as you can get. For well over a decade, I was posting on r/politics and tons of other progressive and liberal subs. Only the conservative subs banned me. But then Oct 7th happened, and I had the absolute audacity to disagree with the progressive anti-Israel orgy, and suddenly I see how all the progressive subs are just as bad as the conservative ones when the mods disagree with you. In fact, nothing has gotten me banned from progressive subs faster than providing citations for my positions which go against the anti-Israel narrative. And because I still read these subreddits, I've watched them get more and more homogenous. With no opposition voices allowed, the remaining users think that there is no legitimate opposition from within their own group.People assume that if you're pro-Israel, you're pro-Trump. It's ridiculous. And infuriatingly frustrating to watch propaganda bounce around in these spaces, entirely unquestioned.Strong political positions should... (9)

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I've noticed a massive censorship of conservative views on reddit the last year. People can harass and use extreme hate and threaten conservatives on reddit in almost every sub. But if you have a slight conservative view in a discussion you will get banned or have your comment removed. I've tested it several times. i even got a warning from reddit recently for harassment or bullying by using the report system, because i reported an extremely hateful post with threats towards Republicans that was in my feed. This is an insane thought process. (1)

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"In February 2025, Amazon added a notice next to the download button whenever you access the "download and transfer via USB" feature. This notice says that the feature will be removed on February 26th. This means that after that day, customers won't be able to download their purchased e-books from the Amazon website.

Customers will still be able to download e-books to their Kindles, but will have to either use the Kindle store on the device or use the "Deliver or Remove from Device" option on the Amazon website.[2] Both of these options require the e-reader to have an internet connection.

This isn't the first time Amazon has made changes affecting customers' access to their purchased e-books. For instance, Amazon previously removed books customers had purchased since the company that uploaded them didn't have the rights to the content. ...

...The Amazon Kindle 1 (2007) and Kindle 2 (2009) relied on EVDO and 3G networks for wireless book downloads via Amazon's Whispernet service. However, with the global shutdown of 3G networks by mobile carriers, these early Kindle models are no longer able to download books wirelessly in most regions.

If books cannot be purchased from the Kindle store and downloaded, there is no way to get them onto these devices.

Users will no longer be able to download Kindle books to a computer for manual transfer to their device via USB.

Books already downloaded before this date can still be transferred manually.

Any new purchases will require a WiFi-enabled Kindle or access to Amazon's Kindle apps to read.

This effectively bricks older Kindles for the use case of reading newly purchased books.

Remaining Functionality

The Kindle 1 and Kindle 2 still support USB file transfers for non-Amazon content, including:

    DRM-free MOBI, PRC, and TXT files.

    Converted EPUB files using tools like Calibre.

    Public domain books from sites such as Project Gutenberg.

Users who backed up their Kindle books before the February 26, 2025 cutoff can still manually transfer them via USB.

What this means for old Kindle users

With the loss of Whispernet access due to 3G shutdowns and the upcoming removal of USB transfers for Amazon-purchased books, the Kindle 1 and Kindle 2 will no longer be able to receive new Kindle Store purchases unless a workaround is found. Owners of these devices may need to rely on third-party eBook sources and manual file transfers to continue using them.

Censorship of literature now involves the alteration of existing works to make them amenable to political correctness. One recent example is the editing of Roald Dahl's books to remove language deemed offensive or outdated, that did not align with the original author's intentions. As stated by Matthew Dennison, a biographer of the late author,

When it came to children's books, Dennison says Dahl didn't care what adults thought as long as his target readers were happy. "'I don't give a b----r what grown-ups think,' was a characteristic statement," Dennison says. "And I'm almost certain that he would have recognised that alterations to his novels prompted by the political climate were driven by adults rather than children, and this always inspired derision, if not contempt, in Dahl. "He never, for example, had any truck with librarians who criticised his books as too frightening, lacking moral role models, negative in their portrayal of women, etc," he continues. "Dahl wrote stories intended to kindle in children a lifelong love of reading and to remind them of the childhood wonderlands of magic and enchantment, aims in which he succeeded triumphantly. Adult anxieties about political niceties didn't register in this outlook. This said, although Dahl could be unabashed in offending adults, he took pains never to alienate or make unhappy his child readers."

Roald Dahl book edits

Editing of content in customer's libraries

In February 2023, Amazon and Puffin were caught automatically updating previously purchased Roald Dahl e-books with new "sanitized" versions that contained hundreds of changes to the original text. Users who had purchased the e-books before the changes were implemented found their copies automatically replaced with the edited versions, without being given a choice or notification beyond the updates themselves.

In 2023, The Telegraph reported that hundreds of changes were made to Roald Dahl's classic children's books, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and The Witches.[13] These edits were performed by the publisher Puffin in collaboration with a group called Inclusive Minds, with the stated goal of ensuring the books "can continue to be enjoyed by all today."

Changes to books in customer libraries:

The changes included numerous alterations to the original text, such as:

Replacing "fat" with "enormous" in describing Augustus Gloop

Removing Miss Trunchbull's "great horsey face" description to just "face"

Modifying character occupations (e.g., changing a woman "working as a cashier" to "working as a top scientist")

Removing references to certain authors (e.g., replacing Joseph Conrad with Jane Austen in Matilda)[14]

Gender-neutral language – Cloud-Men in James and the Giant Peach were renamed "Cloud-People."

Removal of references to physical appearance – The "fat little brown mouse" in The Witches became simply "little brown mouse."

Sanitization of language – The Witches originally stated: "You must be mad, woman!" This was softened to "You must be out of your mind!"

Clarissa Aykroyd, a children's publishing professional, described the automatic updates as feeling "Orwellian," saying she assumed users would be given the option on whether to download the original version or the newly sanitized versions given how significant the changes were. The forced updates led her to become "weary of ebooks."

After lots of backlash, Puffin announced it would publish the classic collection of 17 Dahl texts alongside the edited versions. Puffin acknowledged "very real questions around how stories can be kept relevant for new generations" while giving readers "the choice to decide how they experience Roald Dahl's magical, marvelous stories."

Debate Over Modern Censorship

These edits sparked debate over whether these changes were necessary updates or excessive censorship. Critics argue that altering the original language distorts an author's intent and removes historical context.

This example of posthumous editing of literature demonstrates a broader trend of corporate-controlled content revision where publishers, rather than readers, decide what is deemed acceptable, and people who buy ebooks exercise no real ownership over what they bought and paid for. "

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... without any women (ok maybe one or two) (but there's also a Lilith)

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— TRAKI 🍃 (@TR4KI_) February 19, 2025

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Trans women = women https://t.co/NUlPiFYqKv

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Unfortunately, @CommunityNotes is increasingly being gamed by governments & legacy media.

Working to fix this …

It should be utterly obvious that a Zelensky-controlled poll about his OWN approval is not credible!!

If Zelensky was actually loved by the people of Ukraine, he… https://t.co/gy0NjtPwiq

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 20, 2025

Macron story is even more crazy than we tought. pic.twitter.com/SBhDUsaPU6

— Johnny (@j00ny369T) February 18, 2025

Cancade Owens has done all the research.

1. She was allegedly a school teacher. No evidence of this "woman" ever "teaching" exists.

2. Birth records non existent. Students never heard of her.

3. There's an old article from the 70's about Macron's father about how he "disappeared" for a "period of time" only to return looking "different" and the photos of him suspiciously resemble "Brigitte"

Think about it logically

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