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Computer Weekly investigations, technology, surveillance, human rights, journalism.
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Top 10 surveillance, journalism and encryption stories of 2025 | Computer Weekly
A transatlantic row between the UK and the Trump administration erupted after the UK attempted to force Apple to break its advanced encryption. That was just one of a series of stories reporting on th...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636284/Top-10-surveillance-journalism-and-encryption-stories-of-2025
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26 days ago
I spoke with
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of
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on NDA bug bounties failing to increase security & effects of gov disclosure requirements on nat security, plus how AI threatens the future human expert pipeline & why UBI may be our best bet
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Why bug bounty schemes have not led to secure software | Computer Weekly
Computer Weekly speaks to Kate Moussouris, security entrepreneur and bug bounty pioneer, about the life of security researchers, bug bounties and the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636232/Why-bug-bounty-schemes-have-not-led-to-secure-software
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Luta Security
25 days ago
Bug bounties under NDA are not the answer to your security woes with hackers. Hear from our CEO
@k8em0.bsky.social
on that & other insights on how AI is changing cybersecurity & how UBI might heal a broken labor market in her interview with
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Giacomo Zandonini
about 2 months ago
Shall we care about Europol? The answer is... Read our latest investigation to catch a glimpse about what the agency is doing to accelerate the AI transformation of policing across the EU, with minimal safeguards.
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666344...
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Hungry for data: Inside Europolās secretive AI programme | Computer Weekly
The EUās law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for pe...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634419/Hungry-for-data-Inside-Europols-secretive-AI-programme
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Apostolis Fotiadis
about 2 months ago
Btw 2020 and 2021 Europol landed enormous volumes of data as a part of three mega-hack operations that dismantled encrypted communication systems. This would become the starting point of the agency's AI ambitions. New investigation out with
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Hungry for data: Inside Europolās secretive AI programme | Computer Weekly
The EUās law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for pe...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634419/Hungry-for-data-Inside-Europols-secretive-AI-programme
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Apostolis Fotiadis
about 2 months ago
A big thank you to the experts+editors that supported this two years long effort:
@annskaja.bsky.social
@krisshrishak.bsky.social
@lydiaemman.bsky.social
@billgoodwin.bsky.social
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@article19.bsky.social
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Scoop in
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- A "major issue" with the PSNI's ControlWorks software (used to record info reported by the public) led to a delay in critical info being passed to investigators during a fast-moving investigation
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Major software issue occurred in PSNI emergency call system | Computer Weekly
An issue with Police Service of Northern Irelandās (PSNI) ControlWorks software, used to record information reported by the public, led to a delay in urgent information being passed to investigators.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634323/Major-software-issue-occurred-in-PSNI-system-for-managing-emergency-calls
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Paul F Scott
3 months ago
'A separate case brought against the Home Office by Privacy International, Liberty and two individuals, which challenges the lawfulness of the technical capability notice, is expected to continue.'
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Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor | Computer Weekly
Apple has agreed with the Home Office to drop its legal claim against a government order requiring it to provide intelligence and law enforcement with the capability to access encrypted data of Apple ...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632561/Apple-and-Home-Office-agree-to-drop-legal-claim-over-encryption-backdoor
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Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666325...
@ianbrown.tech
@bernardkeenan.bsky.social
@privacyinternational.org
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Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor | Computer Weekly
Apple has agreed with the Home Office to drop its legal claim against a government order requiring it to provide intelligence and law enforcement with the capability to access encrypted data of Apple ...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632561/Apple-and-Home-Office-agree-to-drop-legal-claim-over-encryption-backdoor
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Police ordered to give reasons in closed court for seizing phone of UK Hamas lawyer | Computer Weekly
A London court orders police to disclose reasons for seizing the phone of a UK lawyer that represented Hamas but refused an injunction to prevent police reviewing the phone until after judicial review
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632412/Police-ordered-to-give-reasons-in-closed-court-for-seizing-phone-of-UK-Hamas-lawyer
3 months ago
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PSNI appoints legal counsel to report on police conduct after McCullough surveillance review | Computer Weekly
The PSNI has commissioned a senior lawyer to review whether there was any misconduct by police officers following an independent review that found police unlawfully monitored journalistsā phone data, ...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632296/PSNI-appoints-legal-counsel-to-report-on-police-conduct-after-McCullough-surveillance-review
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"A mandatory digital ID scheme would completely reverse the nature of our relationship with the state, turning Britain into a āpapers, pleaseā society and inserting the state into many everyday interactions."
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PSNI chief sorry over failure to delete data unlawfully seized from journalists | Computer Weekly
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631371/PSNI-chief-sorry-over-failure-to-delete-data-unlawfully-seized-from-journalists
3 months ago
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French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack
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#Law
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French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack | Computer Weekly
The French supreme court has turned to the European Court of Justice to decide whether EU citizens have the right to challenge the legality of evidence obtained by French law enforcement by hacking th...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631442/French-court-ruling-may-lead-to-legal-challenges-over-state-Sky-ECC-and-EncroChat-phone-hack
4 months ago
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Lawyer who represented Hamas seeks judicial review and injunction after police seized his work phone containing 98% legally priviliged material
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#Schedule7
#legal
#TerrorismAct
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Hamas lawyer challenges police after they seized legal files from phone in Schedule 7 stop | Computer Weekly
A lawyer representing Hamas in a legal case in the UK is challenging the legality of the seizure of his mobile phone after he was stopped and questioned by police. Welsh police stopped Fahad Ansariās ...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630116/Hamas-lawyer-challenges-police-after-they-seized-legal-files-from-phone-in-Schedule-7-stop
4 months ago
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Breaking - MI5 unlawfully monitored the phone of BBC journalist Vincent Kearney
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#ipt
#court
#legal
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MI5 unlawfully monitored the phone of BBC journalist Vincent Kearney | Computer Weekly
The Security Service MI5 has admitted unlawfully spying on the phone of former BBC investigative journalist Vincent Kearney. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard today that the security service has...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631277/MI5-unlawfully-monitored-the-phone-of-BBC-journalist-Vincent-Kearney
4 months ago
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EU to decide on mandatory scanning of encrypted messages
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Chat Control: EU to decide on requirement for tech firms to scan encrypted messages | Computer Weekly
Law enforcement and police experts are meeting on Friday to decide on proposals to require technology companies, such as Signal and WhatsApp, to scan encrypted messages for possible child abuse images...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630597/Chat-Control-EU-to-decide-on-requirement-for-tech-firms-to-scan-encrypted-messages
4 months ago
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A landmark case is unfolding at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal that could reshape the software industry. ValueLicensing is suing Microsoft for Ā£270m, claiming it unlawfully restricted businesses from reselling unused software licenses.
#TechLaw
#Competition
#Microsoft
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Court to decide whether it is lawful for enterprises to sell unwanted software licences | Computer Weekly
Microsoft has been accused of abusing its market position by stifling the sale of second-hand copies of its Windows operating system and Office software, in a long-running battle over the lawfulness o...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630464/Court-to-decide-whether-it-is-lawful-for-enterprises-to-sell-unwanted-software-licenses
4 months ago
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Northern Ireland police kept inspectors in dark over surveillance of journalists | Computer Weekly
Northern Ireland police failed to disclose two covert surveillance operations against journalists to the UKās independent surveillance watchdog in breach of their statutory obligations. The Police Ser...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630438/Northern-Ireland-police-kept-inspectors-in-dark-over-surveillance-of-journalists
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#Schrems
#legal
#Latombe
#dataprotection
#privacy
#DPRC
#DataPrivacyFramework
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European court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework data-sharing agreement | Computer Weekly
EU General Court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework, bringing certainty to businesses that exchange data with the US ā for now. An appeal may be in the offing.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630156/European-court-upholds-EU-US-Data-Privacy-Framework-data-sharing-agreement
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New- with details and analysis
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#encryption
#Apple
@jessicashurson.bsky.social
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Home Office āback doorā seeks world-wide access to Apple iCloud usersā data, court documents confirm | Computer Weekly
The Home Office sought access to data and messages stored by Apple users on its cloud storage in the UK and overseas by demanding a āback doorā to Appleās iCloud service, a court document has revealed...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630023/Home-Office-back-door-seeks-world-wide-access-to-Apple-iCloud-users-data-court-documents-confirm
4 months ago
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US and UK end diplomatic row over UK encryption āback doorā order against Apple, but it remains unclear whether Apple will restore advance encryption services to UK user
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#encryption
#investigatorypowers
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US says UK has agreed to drop encryption āback doorā demands against Apple | Computer Weekly
US and UK end diplomatic row over UK encryption āback doorā order against Apple, but it remains unclear whether Apple will restore advance encryption services to UK users.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629434/US-says-UK-has-agreed-to-drop-encryption-back-door-demands-against-Apple
5 months ago
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Watching the watchers Are the small group of academics and technical experts that advise the UK's surveillance oversight organisation a match for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ?
#InvestigatoryPowers
#IPCO
#TAP
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Updated - Court refuses WhatsApp right to intervene in Apple legal action on encryption ābackdoorsā
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@privacyinternational.org
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@ianbrown.tech
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WhatsApp is refused right to intervene in Apple legal action on encryption ābackdoorsā | Computer Weekly
Investigatory Powers Tribunal to hear arguments in public over lawfulness of secret UK order requiring Apple to give UK law enforcement access to usersā encrypted data stored on the Apple iCloud.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627911/WhatsApp-is-refused-right-to-intervene-in-Apple-legal-action-on-encryption-backdoors
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Fresh allegations of āsustainedā police and MI5 surveillance against BBC reporters šSurveillance against BBC journalists allegedly took place during multiple PSNI operations in 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2022
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Fresh allegations of āsustainedā police and MI5 surveillance against BBC reporters | Computer Weekly
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal is investigating claims that police spied on the phone of investigative journalist Chris Moore amid further claims of a sustained monitoring operation against BBC rep...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627805/Fresh-allegations-of-sustained-police-and-MI5-surveillance-against-BBC-reporters
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ICYI - UK government officials say that attempts by the Home Office to require Apple to introduce āback doorsā to its secure encrypted storage service will cross US red lines
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UK may be seeking to pull back from Apple encryption row with US | Computer Weekly
The government may be seeking to pull back from a diplomatic row with the US over UK demands to require Apple to give the UK access to secure data stored by Apple users. UK government officials have t...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627928/UK-may-be-seeking-to-pull-back-from-Apple-encryption-row-with-US
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6 months ago
The Foundation for Information Policy Research is today publishing a policy explainer of the ongoing case between Apple and the Home Office, in which we outline the issues and our views on them as experts in law, cryptography, policy, security, and criminology. You can find it here:
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European Commission accused of rigging data watchdog appointment | Computer Weekly
The European Commission has been accused of rigging the selection process for the next European Data Protection supervisor.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627534/European-Commission-accused-of-rigging-data-watchdog-appointment
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Surveillance court has no power to award costs against police and intelligence services
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#IPT
#PSNI
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Investigatory Powers Tribunal has no power to award costs against PSNI over evidence failures | Computer Weekly
Investigatory Powers Tribunal judges have called for the Home Secretary to step in after finding they have no powers to award costs against government bodies that fail to disclose evidence.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622882/Investigatory-Powers-Tribunal-has-no-power-to-award-costs-against-PSNI-over-evidence-failures
9 months ago
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Bernard Keenan
9 months ago
Thanks Bill for publishing me again - this one a short primer on the history and practice of the IPT
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The Investigatory Powers Tribunal is a semi-secret judicial body that has made significant legal rulings on privacy, surveillance and the use of investigatory powers. What does it do and why is it important? Excllent analysis from
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The Investigatory Powers Tribunal explained | Computer Weekly
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) is an unusual semi-secret judicial body, based London but capable of sitting in Scotland or Northern Ireland too. It carries out many of its functions secretly,...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622356/The-Investigatory-Powers-Tribunal-explained
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Bernard Keenan
9 months ago
Great news. The IPT will hear the substantive arguments about the Apple anti-encryption order in public hearings. Now the government can decide what they prefer: fight the appeal and put a chilling effect on encryption in the UK, or back down, withdraw the TCN, and let this blow over...
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Diane Coyle
10 months ago
The big US academic conferences will be much smaller in future.
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9 months ago
1. Apple wins, with the Tribunal publicly finding that technical measures compromising encryption systems are disproportionate in principle and therefore unlawful. The optimal outcome for privacy and the integrity of encryption systems in the UK and a step toward a 'human right to encryption'.
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Tech specialist files legal claim after being refused security clearance for MI6 role
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Tech specialist files legal claim after being refused security clearance for MI6 role | Computer Weekly
A computer specialist has filed a complaint to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal after being unexpectedly told they had failed the vetting process just before starting work as a technology specialist ...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620867/Tech-specialist-files-legal-claim-after-being-refused-security-clearance-for-MI6-role
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"I took steps to lock down all personal data after I was named as an opponent of Russia. Now I am again worried about my family's safety after the home secretary issued a secret order against Apple" - Gus Hosein
www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Why-...
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Why I am challenging Yvette Cooperās āsecret back doorā order against Appleās encryption | Computer Weekly
Security is hard. It's even harder now that, apparently, the UK Government has secretly ordered Apple to reduce the security of its services. That's why my colleagues and I had to take the government ...
https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Why-I-am-challenging-Yvette-Coopers-secret-back-door-order-against-Apples-encryption
10 months ago
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Sophie E. Hill
10 months ago
If you really want to know why a former head of MI6 was sending unsolicited briefings on Covid to No.10... read some real reporting by
@computerweekly.bsky.social
and
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
www.computerweekly.com/news/3665534...
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Top science journal faced secret attacks from Covid conspiracy theory group | Computer Weekly
One of the worldās most prestigious general science journals, was the target of a two-year long sustained and virulent secret attack by a conspiratorial group of extreme Brexit lobbyists with high-lev...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553435/Top-science-journal-faced-secret-attacks-from-Covid-conspiracy-theory-group
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Philipp Markolin
10 months ago
Ahaha... so much for the "quality" of the intelligence community assessments of a supposed lab leak. Self-aggrandizing idiots falling for [and conjuring up] bad movie conspiracy theories... Thanks for the laughts, great reporting by
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@computerweekly.bsky.social
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10 months ago
Surrey council that bet Ā£1bn on the property market set for urgent government intervention Like other scandal-hit local authorities, Spelthorne spent years insisting everything was fine - until it wasn't
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Council that gambled Ā£1bn on the property market set for governmentā¦
Spelthorne spent big on commercial properties to offset austerity cuts but amassed disastrous debts
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-03-17/council-that-gambled-1bn-on-the-property-market-set-for-government-takeover
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Landmark ruling by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal will decide whether the surveillance court can award costs against government bodies accused of unreasonable behaviour
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#surveillance
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PSNIās āridiculousā withholding of evidence in spying operation delayed court hearingsĀ | Computer Weekly
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620980/PSNIs-ridiculous-withholding-of-evidence-in-spying-operation-delayed-court-hearings
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US law makers demand UK drops gag orders against Apple requiring it to withhold information from Congress about UK attempts to create "back doors" in Apple iCloud.
#encryption
#e2ee
#surveillance
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US Congress demands UK lifts gag on Apple encryption order | Computer Weekly
US law makers have hit out at the UK Home Office for āattempting to gagā US companies by preventing Ā them from telling Congress whether they have been subject to secret UK orders requiring them to han...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620601/US-Congress-demands-UK-lifts-gag-on-Apple-encryption-order
10 months ago
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Duncan Campbell
11 months ago
Following our report on the Home Officeās secret demand to Apple to break its security encryption on iCloud, Apple has just responded.
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Apple: British techies to advise on ādevastatingā UK global crypto power grab | Computer Weekly
A hitherto unknown British organisation ā which even the government may have forgotten about ā is about to be drawn into a global technical and financial battle, facing threats from Apple to pull out ...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619028/Apple-British-techies-to-advise-on-devastating-UK-global-crypto-power-grab
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The labor librarian
10 months ago
From āParable of the Talentsā by Octavia Butler
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Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666194...
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#encryption
#phishing
#Signal
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Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger | Computer Weekly
Russia-backed hacking groups have developed techniques to compromise encrypted messaging services, including Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram, placing journalists, politicians, and activists of interest ...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619473/Warning-over-privacy-of-encrypted-messages-as-Russia-targets-Signal-Messenger
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A decision, by Germanyās largest criminal court, calls into question previous assumptions that under Europeās mutual recognition principle, intercept evidence obtained by one member state can automatically be used as evidence in other European states.
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German court finds hacked EncroChat phone evidence inadmissible | Computer Weekly
The Berlin Regional Court has found that evidence obtained by a joint French and Dutch operation to hack the EncroChat encrypted mobile phone network is legally inadmissible, raising questions about i...
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617630/German-court-finds-hacked-EncroChat-phone-evidence-inadmissible
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