Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Tag: backdoors

MI5 concedes it ‘unlawfully’ obtained data from former BBC journalist | …a mere 16+ years to obtain this concession

2025/09/16
Former UN Rapporteur David Kaye: “for anyone who ever argued for key escrows, i offer you the example of the muskovites rampaging through USG systems” | Ofcom, please take note…

2025/02/03
Literally 20 years ago we said that French regulations to restrict cryptography without state approval would eventually bite; and we were right…

2024/08/26
Consent to be scanned – or get banned! | …the EU’s pursuit of ChatControl decides to copy Meta’s “forced user consent is adequate to permit surveillance” approach

2024/05/30
Opinion: Ottawa wants the power to create secret backdoors in our networks to allow for surveillance – The Globe and Mail

2024/05/29
No One Should Have That Much Power | Mark Nottingham

2024/04/29
Apple says UK could ‘secretly veto’ global privacy tools | …The Home Office said … that it also had to keep the country safe [from people being TOO secure]

2024/01/31
Operation Triangulation: The last (hardware) mystery | …if this turns out to be an NSA-enabling backdoor, Apple’s security reputation will be toast

2023/12/27
#Sikh activist accuses #India of ‘transnational terrorism’ after US foils plot to kill him | you must wonder: if the Indian government obtains the backdoor it demands in WhatsApp, how many more people it would kill?

2023/11/30
Heather Burns / @webdevlaw on the new #InvestigatoryPowersAct attempt to force backdoors and bugs into everything

2023/11/08
research!rsc: Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler | someone finally published Ken Thompson’s actual compiler back door source code

2023/10/29
All Watched Over By Filters Of Loving Grace: GCHQ’s Holistic, Sociotechnical , “Thoughts on Child Safety on Commodity Platforms” end-to-end #encryption #ghost #NCSC #ghostProtocol

2022/07/21