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They’ll take Freeview aerial from my cold, dead hands
I hope I’m never forced to get rid of my Freeview aerial (‘Question of the Fortnight’, Issue 706, pictured). I’ve always regarded aerials as freedom and streaming as tyranny. A bit dramatic? I don’t think so. With an aerial you have a no-stringsattached way to access a wide range of TV channels.
It works no matter what your internet connection.
By contrast, streaming services require fast broadband, confusing options and expensive subscriptions. They do everything they can to lock you in. To paraphrase Charlton Heston, they’ll take my Freeview aerial from my cold, dead hands!
Vince Bracewell
I trust Apple more than the Government
What Mel Chisholm doesn’t realise is if Apple created a backdoor for its encryption to let the Government in, it would also let all manner of undesirables in (Star Letter, Issue 706). That’s why it’s wrong to accuse the company of being “reckless” and “cynical” by turning off Advanced Data Protection.
I don’t agree that Apple is calling the Government’s bluff. It has always said it wouldn’t create a backdoor, so it was naive of the Home Office to ask. Someone in the Government should have realised that Apple would refuse, and that the only option left to it would be to turn off Advanced Data Protection.