Dominic Preston reports: Apple has stopped offering its end-to-end encrypted iCloud storage, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), to new users in the UK, and will require existing users to disable the feature at some point in the future. The move comes following reports earlier this month that UK security services requested Apple grant them backdoor access…
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Police risk losing society’s trust in fight against cybercrime, warns Europol chief
Here we go again. Another attempt by law enforcement to get a backdoor so they can protect us. We’ve have this argument too many times by now. A backdoor to help law enforcement protect us also weakens us and puts us at GREATER risk of compromise. Alexander Martin reports: Law enforcement agencies risk losing the…
European Commission Withdraws ePrivacy Regulation and AI Liability Directive Proposals
From Hunton Andrews Kurth: On February 11, 2025, the European Commission made available its 2025 work program (the “Work Program”). The Work Program sets out the key strategies, action plans and legislative initiatives to be pursued by the European Commission. As part of the Work Program, the European Commission announced that it plans to withdraw…
UK orders Apple to open up users’ encrypted cloud data, report says
Reuters reports: Britain has ordered Apple (AAPL.O), to give it unprecedentedly broad access to encrypted user data stored on Apple’s data cloud, the Washington Post newspaper reported on Friday. The UK government’s “technical capability notice” requires blanket access rather than merely assistance to access a specific account, the paper reported, citing unnamed sources. Governments routinely ask technology…