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UK, US Hold Private Talks in Bid to Calm Apple Encryption Feud | Bloomberg | …the UK IC’s demands are leaking like a sieve
History suggests that we should not believe them: British officials stressed that they weren’t asking for blanket access to users’ personal data, and that they would only ever request data relating to the investigations of the most serious crimes, in particular terrorism and child sexual abuse. Separate warrants would have to be approved for each
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The New York Times shutting down its Tor Onion Service
I can’t help but feel this is an opportunity lost by the Tor Project who have — admittedly under resource constraints — from my perspective focused more upon narrow solution development rather than growth & adoption of onion services: https://open.nytimes.com/https-open-nytimes-com-the-new-york-times-as-a-tor-onion-service-e0d0b67b7482
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Pressure grows to hold secret Apple privacy hearing in public | BBC News
Wow, it has actually hit the BBC as a story. Maybe the world is changing a bit? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0rr51gn3o
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A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up | WIRED
Officials in the UK, France, and Sweden have all made moves since the start of 2025 that could undermine or eliminate the protections of end-to-end encryption, adding to a multiyear European Union plan to scan private chats and Indian efforts that could damage encryption. https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-era-of-attacks-on-encryption-is-starting-to-heat-up/
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Joke: ‘Program goes to Operating System, tears in eyes, says “my state, it is very bad”‘
Punchline: https://hachyderm.io/@SnoopJ/114158668624024354
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What could Apple’s high court challenge mean for data protection? | Technology | The Guardian
“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. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/14/what-could-apples-high-court-challenge-mean-for-data-protection
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“…TERRIBLE BOOK, POINTLESS, DON’T BOTHER…” — and…
…actually, seriously, I suspect that it lacks substance of moral critique, plus the author gives interviews to right-wing pundits and pitches outrage, which is not a tactic that fills me with confidence re: the content. But, you do you.
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Our challenge against UK’s secret TCN powers | Privacy International + Liberty file suit against the UK government regarding Apple backdoor demand
On 13 March 2025, Privacy International, alongside Liberty and two individuals, filed their own case with the IPT, challenging the purported Technical Capability Notice (TCN) served on Apple. http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5547/our-challenge-against-uks-secret-tcn-powers
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1995: “The unique risks — and opportunities — of The World Wide Web demand a policy-neutral, extra-regulatory model for standards and compliance.”
Does that sound proportionate, realistic, & reflective of a technology nurturing, growth & innovation fostering mindset? Nope, I didn’t think so either: A Dynamic Governance Model for AI | Lawfare The unique risks—and opportunities—of AI demand a policy-neutral, extra-regulatory model for standards and compliance. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-dynamic-governance-model-for-ai
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In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying
EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memoriam-mark-klein-att-whistleblower-about-nsa-mass-spying
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New Facebook “China Spies & Executive Lingerie” Whistleblower (& Book Author) Sarah Wynn-Williams chooses to air issues on… The Steve Bannon Show
That’s it. That’s the whole thing. Sarah thinks the best way to raise a major moral issue like internet privacy and jurisdiction is to talk to Steve Bannon. Ms Wynn-Williams is not a serious person. Update Oh, Bari Weiss, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjDffkpJ6io How “careless”.
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A Tour of WebAuthn
A nice “explain like I am a CS101 computer science student” introduction to passkeys https://www.imperialviolet.org/tourofwebauthn/tourofwebauthn.html
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