Prevalent themes in the discussion
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UK pressure to weaken encryption/E2EE – Many commenters see the government’s demand for backdoors as effectively outlawing end‑to‑end encryption.
“Interesting, the government can demand creating a backdoor and doesn't let anyone tell about it. Basically, outlawing E2EE.” – codedokode
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Workarounds for ADP via region switching – Users discuss changing Apple ID regions to enable Advanced Data Protection, but note technical and policy hurdles.
“You can switch your Apple ID's region to another country, enable ADP then revert your account's region back to the United Kingdom. You've got to leave Family Sharing first and may also need to adjust/cancel subscriptions …” – jxckstr
“AFAIK reverting region to UK wont work. First of all you cant change regions more often than a year … Also if you do revert account to UK you will get a warning that you either need to disable ADP or lose access to iCloud features.” – SXX -
Free‑speech concerns and arrests for online speech – Worry that the UK routinely arrests people for offensive or political posts, with debates over where the line should be drawn.
“No need to speculate that the UK government 'might' one day become the bad guys: they already arrest over 30 people a day for speech that offends the prevailing political orthodoxy.” – failbuffer
“Considering they arrest people for saying 'there are only two genders', I'm fairly certain the bar is incredibly low.” – nullbio -
Broad government surveillance and legal data access – Claims that agencies already obtain iCloud data via orders like FAA702/PRISM, and that border agents can compel device passwords, undermining promises of privacy.
“The Apple‑vs‑FBI narrative is constructed fiction … Apple likely either got an FAA702 order … which allows the USG to access anyone's iCloud data immediately, with no warranty.” – sneak
“Apple & Google were/still are syphoning off all mobile device push messages to US government.” – alt227