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Apple announced it will disable a vital security feature for every UK user. This is a terrible outcome, but it just might be the best one, given the circumstances

In 2016, Theresa May’s Conservative government passed a law called the “Investigative Powers Act,” better known as the “Snooper’s Charter”

If we’re going to fault Theresa May’s Conservatives for refusing to heed the warnings of the risks introduced by the Snooper’s Charter, we should be every bit as critical of Apple for chasing profits at the expense of billions of its customers in the face of warnings that its “curated computing” model would inevitably give rise to the Snooper’s Charter and laws like it.