On: Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row

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An E2E encrypted thing that later gets a special backdoor added is obviously much worse than a not E2E encrypted thing.

It's like when google suddenly decided that their on-device-only 2FA app Google Authenticator should get an opt-out unencrypted cloud backup.

It means people who don't pay a lot of attention can suddenly have much less protection than they were originally sold on.