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I… I simply cannot resist saying it: “Shot. Chaser.”
They’re not exactly related, but there may just be a dash of karma bitters:
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UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites | TechCrunch | it’s nice to get coverage…
The U.K. government appears to have quietly scrubbed encryption advice from government web pages, just weeks after demanding backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service, iCloud. The change was spotted by security expert Alec Muffet, who wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
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Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) | Techdirt | …if you are not reading Mike Masnick, you are spectating rather than understanding
So, here’s the bottom line: when WaPo’s opinion pages are being gutted and tech CEOs are seeking pre-approval from authoritarians, the line between “tech coverage” and “saving democracy” has basically disappeared. It’s all the same thing. We’re going to keep doing this work because someone has to. Because understanding how technology and power interact isn’t
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CGNAT frustrates all IP address-based technologies | Cybersecurity | SIDN
Aside from the observation that this is basically one half of a Tor networking connection, one might also observe MAYBE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SUPPOSED LEGAL OBLIGATION AT HAND, HERE: One practical outcome is that government agencies find it harder to identify criminals behind particular IPv4 addresses. According to Europol, access providers are
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If Age Verification is to be done at all, it should be like this: a bearer-token signed by the App Store, Browser Provider or Device, and trusted by the Age-Consumer e.g. Age-Restricted Service Vendor
Apple are doing something else which sensible people have been saying for years; Age Verification is not something which should be done by a proliferation of third parties that serve interests of vendors & (rent-seeking & tracking) themselves; instead it should be a matter of flashing an authoritative credential, once. “Anti-monopoly” folk will have a
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NCSC, GCHQ, UK Gov’t expunge advice to “use Apple encryption” for Barristers, Solicitors (etc…) — co-incidental with Apple lawsuit against HMG’s demanding a backdoor in the same (HT @DavidDavisMP @PrivacyMatters @zsk)
This is some really embarrassing timing on the Home Office’s (HO’s) part: a few weeks ago when news first broke of the HO’s demand for a backdoor in Apple ADP, I pointed out to MP David Davis that the HO actually extolled use of ADP by at-risk groups: That screenshot was current to that day.
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Breaking WhatsApp or Signal encryption: a dangerous political chimera | Le Monde, via Google Translate
During its passage through the Senate, a particularly controversial provision was added to this text defended by senators Jérôme Durain (Socialist Party) and Etienne Blanc (Les Républicains). In its article 8ter, it now plans to oblige platforms, such as WhatsApp or Signal, to take measures to be able to transmit the content of exchanges between
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Apple takes legal action in UK data privacy row | BBC News
Moar: The BBC understands that the US technology giant has appealed to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, an independent court with the power to investigate claims against the Security Service. It is the latest development in an unprecedented row between one of the world’s biggest tech firms and the UK government over data privacy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rkpv50x01o
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Apple launches legal challenge to UK ‘back door’ order
So much for all of this process being top secret: Apple is stepping up its fight with the British government over a demand to create a “back door” in its most secure cloud storage systems, by filing a legal complaint that it hopes will overturn the order. https://www.ft.com/content/3d8fe709-f17a-44a6-97ae-f1bbe6d0dccd Via: https://archive.is/2025.03.04-173854/https://www.ft.com/content/3d8fe709-f17a-44a6-97ae-f1bbe6d0dccd
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Apple details improvements to child accounts, App Store age-filtering | Six Colors
This is where age verification should be: at the Device, App-Store or Browser Account level, not a scattergun identity surveillance regime: In a whitepaper posted to Apple’s developer site entitled “Helping Protect Kids Online”, the company details several improvements it’s rolling out in upcoming software updates, including making it easier to set up child accounts, providing
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: do banking transactions count as “user to user” communication services & social media under the UK & AU Online Safety Acts?
This thread by Leanne O’Donnell is deeply thought provoking and fun: “What’s another way to contact a girl if she’s blocked you on EVERYTHING?” – well, maybe there’s an issue there? https://bsky.app/profile/mslods.bsky.social/post/3li6ti6byuk2n
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Track your MP’s boozing | …God forbid that British MPs should be subject to surveillance
Politico via HeatherB: “MPs will now have to swipe their Parliamentary passes to get into the Parliamentary bars, and their purchases will be logged, which could make them FOI-able.”
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