Laura Kuenssberg has an excellent essay over on the BBC looking in depth at the new UK Online Safety laws: New online safety rules are here but as tech races ahead, expect changes – BBC News It is worth reading. Your Takeaway These online safety rules are already out of …
Privacy your flexible friend – according to Meta
On the one hand – Meta gets caught exploiting privacy loopholes in browsers: Your Privacy is important | Smart Thinking Solutions But on the other hand they want to join the BBC and Apple contesting the UK Government’s privacy laws. WhatsApp backs Apple in its legal row with the UK …
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Apple Encryption and the UK Government the next move.
The UK Governement wanted privacy for their courhearing with Apple – ironic as they want to reduce our privacy as part of this case: Privacy hearing in Private | Smart Thinking Solutions However a judge disagreed with the Home Office that national security would be damaged by facts revealed in …
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Backdoors into encrypted apps
First the UK Government demanded that Apple include a backdoor into their encrypted services for UK law enforcement and other official UK agencies to use (see below), now both Sweden and Denmark are wanting similar access: More Countries are Demanding Backdoors to Encrypted Apps – Schneier on Security If you …
Privacy hearing in Private
The arguments between the UK Government and Apple over the US tech giant supplying end-to-end-encryption for UK customers continues. Apple encrypted data row case begins in secret – BBC News The BBC among other news outlets petitioned for the case to be heard in public – as it affects the …
