“The investigatory powers tribunal has also had a tendency to find in favour of the UK government, where it claims surveillance powers are necessary in the interests of national security,” says Lock.
What could Apple’s high court challenge mean for data protection? | Technology | The Guardian
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Thanks for posting this, Alec. I see the UK’s anti-encryption lobby hasn’t been able to break its habit of using bogus semantics to bolster its argument:
“the UK is not asking for “blanket” access to user data” is disingenuous to the point of deceit. What they mean is “we’re not asking for everyone’s data, we’re (just) asking for the /means/ to access everyone’s data”. To misquote Chekhov – “if the means to access everyone’s data is introduced in Act One, by the end of Act Two it will have been used to access everyone’s data.” (And, in this context, not necessarily by the cuddly, belevolent UK Government. The Salt Typhoon breach is an object lesson in why the UK’s move is a bad idea.)
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