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Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon. (www.bbc.com)
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[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That won’t work on Apples data - they group all the data into cohorts, so the anonymising isn’t reversible.

[–] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Can you explain a bit more about Apple grouping their data into cohorts? I haven't heard much about this before. For example, how would grouping data into cohorts work with GPS data?