End-to-end encrypted #RCS messaging on #iPhone coming in future software update
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/
@mcc @mhoye The #Apple #Newton #Messagepad 2100 was just an excellent device. I still miss certain features it had. For example, you could drag text/images with the stylus and drop it at any edge/margin of the application. You could drop as many snippets as you like. Even if you switch to another page, the snippets were still there and you could drop it.
Here is even an enhancement request for #LibreOffice that is inspired by it:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37956
@Privacymatters On the #Apple hierarchy of values, I believe you will find 
even higher 
9to5Mac has some interesting speculation and recent examples for where #Apple’s rumored major redesigns will take #iOS
They cite four of Apple’s recent apps that exhibit various trends: floating shapes, navigation compacted into menus, and zero tab bars
Interesting stuff #iOS19
Side note: Know what trend sucks about Apple’s recent apps? None besides Image Playground (lol) have an iPad version.
Absolutely inexcusable
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/apple-has-been-hinting-at-ios-19s-new-design-heres-what-clues-say/
"Google refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK government"
The UK’s encryption-breaking order for a backdoor into iCloud isn’t a one-off.
The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.
Other services will be hit.
https://therecord.media/google-refuses-to-deny-it-received-uk-tcn
Sign our petition 
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted
Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users.
https://www.theverge.com/news/629620/apple-iphone-e2ee-encryption-rcs-messaging-android
No one really knows how the game is played
The art of the trade
How the sausage gets made
We just assume that it happens
But no one else is in
The room where it happens.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted
Once both #Apple and #Android support end-to-end-encryption for #RCS messaging, is there any reason to use third-party apps like #WhatsApp, #Telegram, etc? #DataPrivacy https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/14/apple-encrypted-rcs-messaging-software-update/
The battle for encryption happens TODAY. Your right to privacy and security will be decided behind your back.
We call for the hearing to be made public.
Encryption must be protected from this slippery slope.
Sign and share our petition to have your say 
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted
"This is a significant test for the battle between law enforcement and technology.”
Holding the Apple case in secret makes the legal process more cloak and dagger, less scales and sword.
It makes it harder to challenge the UK government's order to break encryption and creates a dangerous precedent.
This case sets the stage for more shady encryption-breaking orders to be made.
Analysts are saying #Apple Intelligence is a failure and the leaders at Cupertino need to address this
I completely disagree... We (the consumers) are getting base 16 gigs of RAM on computers and 8 on phones all because of #AI
I consider it an absolute win. Disable the LLMs that regurgitate and enjoy your devices for years to come.
This would be an incredible feature, like StarTrek’s universal translator.”Apple is planning to bring live translation to AirPods, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.”
https://www.theverge.com/news/629506/apple-airpods-live-translation-ios-19
#apple
How does #AppleMusic not have any widgets on the #Mac.
*How*
Break the silence: Save encryption!
The UK government wants to be able to access anything, anywhere, any time — from your pics to your docs.
It begins with Apple. Other services will be next. That's why we must take a stand NOW!
Sign and share our petition
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted
The message is clear across the political divide: let's hear it!
The UK government should argue in open court why they want to make us less secure by ordering a backdoor into Apple encryption.
A secret Tribunal would be an affront to the privacy and security issues at stake. It must be held in public.
Read the joint letter from ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship
Bipartisan US Congress Members want the secrecy around the UK's encryption-breaking order to be lifted.
"It is imperative that the UK's technical demands of Apple - and of any other US companies - be subjected to robust, public analysis and debate."
“Secret court hearings featuring intelligence agencies and a handful of individuals approved by them do not enable robust challenges on highly technical matters.”
UK MPs have joined the chorus of voices wanting the Apple case to be held in public.
"If the Home Office wants to have effectively unfettered access to the private data of the (innocent) general public, they should explain their case in front of the public."
David Davis MP.
"People deserve to know what's happening to their private personal information."
Victoria Collins MP.
