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US lawmakers urge UK spy court to hold Apple ‘backdoor’ secret hearing in public

A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers are urging the head of the U.K.’s surveillance court to hold an open hearing into Apple’s anticipated challenge of an alleged secret U.K. government legal demand. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, along with four other federal lawmakers, said in a letter this week to the president of the U.K.’s Investigatory […]

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What is an encryption backdoor?

Government & Policy / Sasandara Dilmina

Talk of backdoors in encrypted services is once again doing the rounds after reports emerged that the U.K. government is seeking to force Apple to open up iCloud’s end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) device backup offering. Officials were said to be leaning on Apple to create a “backdoor” in the service that would allow state actors to

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UK government demands Apple backdoor to encrypted cloud data: report

Security / Sasandara Dilmina

Government officials in the United Kingdom have reportedly secretly ordered Apple to build a backdoor that would give its authorities access to users’ encrypted iCloud data. The Washington Post reports that the demand was issued in January under the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Act 2016, also known as the Snoopers’ Charter. Officials demanded “blanket” access to

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US Senator announces new bill to secure telecom companies in wake of Chinese hacks

Security / Sasandara Dilmina

U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden announced a new draft bill with the goal of securing American telephone networks and Americans’ communications in response to the massive hack of telecom providers allegedly done by Chinese government hackers. In a press release on Tuesday, Wyden announced the Secure American Communications Act. The bill would order the Federal

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The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite

Security / Sasandara Dilmina

News broke this weekend that China-backed hackers have compromised the wiretap systems of several U.S. telecom and internet providers, likely in an effort to gather intelligence on Americans. The wiretap systems, as mandated under a 30-year-old U.S. federal law, are some of the most sensitive in a telecom or internet provider’s network, typically granting a

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