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UK government demanding access to encrypted iCloud (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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UK government is trying to get into iCloud end-to-end encryption. (Again?)

Makes me think about email servers too. Most of my private information is in emails, and not only I use a service where the host machines access the email, so do almost everyone I email to/from.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I think I got in before they started doing that.

Actually I don’t think they require that. I just set up a new proton account on a device with a fresh wipe from a vpn endpoint I never used before and they offered to record a phone number or recovery email but didn’t require it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Can you tell me which endpoint/region that you used? Cuz I just tried using a VPN endpoint from Switzerland Sweden and Ukraine and all three of them brought up a requirement to have a verification email

    edit: disregard apparently it was a browser issue, switched from Firefox to Chrome and reconnected to a Switzerland endpoint and it let me solve a captcha instead of using email verification system

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Mullvad us Denver 205.

    I’m also using their encrypted dns though that shouldn’t matter. Recording an email might be a regulatory requirement of the intelligence sharing treaties of the eu and broader eurozone.

    Try an endpoint outside of the western world and see what happens!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Yeah weirdly enough it ended up being a browser issue, Firefox wasn't able to use anything but email verification/phone number verification but Chrome was able to offer a captcha in place of it

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