✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-02-21

Apple boldly resists government encryption backdoors, fueling the privacy vs. security debate.

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The story that caught my eye this week was Apple taking a loud (principled) stance most likely in response to alleged government demands for “backdoors” to be built into Apple encryption.

Techmeme: Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

By Mark Gurman / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

Warrant canary aside, this action may further reasoned discussion on balancing for the merits of end to end encryption (E2EE), individual freedoms, individual privacy, national security, willful government ignorance of maths, and government overreach.