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British government reportedlu set to back down on secret iCloud backdoor after US pressure

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Dissent

Ben Lovejoy reports: We learned earlier this year that the British government had secretly ordered Apple to create a backdoor into encrypted data for all iCloud users worldwide. Specifically, it wanted a way to see personal data protected by Apple’s introduction of Advanced Data Protection (ADP), which extended end-to-end encryption to almost all iCloud data, meaning not even the iPhone maker could access…

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EPIC, Coalition Urge EU Council to Reconsider Proposals That Would Undermine Encryption

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Dissent

From the good folks at EPIC: EPIC, along with 54 other civil society organizations, industry, and professional associations, wrote a letter to the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council, warning them of the dangers of undermining encryption for further law enforcement access to data. The High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement, also…

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Initial password prosecutions in UK

Posted on August 13, 2009July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Between the 1st of April 2008 and 31st March 2009, the first prison sentences were imposed because the accused refused to surrender passwords or cryptographic keys. This disclosure appears in the annual report of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner to the Prime Minister and Scottish Ministers. Two people were sentenced on the basis of powers which…

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