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Tag: Electronic Frontier Foundation

Apple pushes iPhone users to iOS 15, iPad users to iPadOS 15

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 2:08 pm6 Comments

When Apple first unveiled iOS 15 and iPad OS 15, the company announced that the upgrade wouldn’t be compulsory for people who wanted to stay…

EFF: Apple must abandon, not just delay, its backdoor surveillance scheme

Thursday, December 23, 2021 5:00 pmThursday, December 23, 202121 Comments

The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that Apple’s delay of a controversial backdoor to scan users’ photo libraries, ostensibly for…

Apple’s backdoor surveillance scheme remains delayed, not canceled

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 1:47 pmWednesday, December 15, 202110 Comments

Apple updated its “child safety” webpage to remove all references to the controversial backdoor surveillance scheme, ostensibly…

Apple may have terminated its backdoor surveillance scheme; removes all mentions from website

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 9:28 amWednesday, December 15, 202112 Comments

Apple may have quietly terminated its controversial backdoor surveillance scheme which would have scanned users’ photo libraries, ostensibly…

Researchers: Apple’s delayed backdoor surveillance scheme doesn’t even work

Friday, November 12, 2021 2:26 pmFriday, November 12, 20216 Comments

A team of researchers have presented a simple method to evade detection by mechanisms such as Apple’s backdoor surveillance scheme…

EFF: Apple must abandon, not just delay, its backdoor surveillance scheme

Friday, October 22, 2021 5:48 pm16 Comments

The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that Apple’s delay of a controversial backdoor to scan users’ photo libraries, ostensibly for…

After Apple installs iPhone backdoor, Android owners less likely to switch, says survey

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 11:01 amWednesday, September 1, 202117 Comments

After Apple inexplicably threw away iPhone’s privacy advantage by uninstalling a backdoor into iPhone, fewer Android users are considering…

If Apple no longer protects user privacy, why buy an iPhone or an iPad?

Thursday, August 19, 2021 2:29 pmThursday, August 19, 202124 Comments

Apple has long made privacy central to its marketing pitch for iPhones and iPads, but with the looming installation of a backdoor to scan…

Nearly 100 civil rights groups worldwide call on Apple to abandon CSAM iPhone surveillance

Thursday, August 19, 2021 9:57 am21 Comments

Nearly 100 civil rights groups worldwide have signed an open letter objecting to Apple’s plan to institute iPhone surveillance capabilities…

EFF petition lets users speak out against Apple’s mass surveillance plans

Wednesday, August 18, 2021 10:37 amWednesday, August 18, 20216 Comments

If you’re concerned about Apple’s recent announcement that the next iOS will install a mass surveillance backdoor into every iPhone…

Apple warns retail and online employees to be ready for iPhone backdoor questions

Friday, August 13, 2021 3:27 pmFriday, August 13, 202113 Comments

Apple has warned retail and online sales staff to be ready to field questions from consumers about the activation of an iPhone backdoor…

Apple’s ill-considered iPhone backdoor has employees speaking out internally

Friday, August 13, 2021 9:33 amFriday, August 13, 202125 Comments

The backlash over Apple’s ill-considered move to activate an iPhone backdoor ostensibly to scan U.S. customers’ phones and computers…

Open letter against Apple’s privacy-invasive content scanning tech gathers thousands of signatures

Monday, August 9, 2021 9:27 amMonday, August 9, 202141 Comments

An open letter dated August 6, 2021 that’s against Apple’s privacy-invasive content scanning technology in which security & privacy experts…

Privacy, Schmivacy. Apple installs backdoors to iPhones

Friday, August 6, 2021 6:24 pm59 Comments

Apple has announced its plans to bring changes to its operating systems that sound like a massive privacy nightmare to security researchers…

Center for Democracy & Technology: Apple’s backdoor scanning of Photos and Messages threaten users’ security and privacy

Friday, August 6, 2021 3:01 pmFriday, August 6, 202134 Comments

The reception to Apple’s backdoor scanning of Photos and Messages is clearly not the welcoming one for which Apple execs may have naively…

EFF: Apple’s photos scanning backdoor is a shocking privacy and security about-face

Friday, August 6, 2021 9:13 amFriday, August 6, 202133 Comments

The EFF says: “Apple is planning to build a backdoor into its data storage system and its messaging system.”

Facebook – Apple fight stretches back more than a decade

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 2:47 pm6 Comments

Facebook launched an ad campaign last week blasting Apple for protecting iPhone users’ privacy. The latest battle is the culmination of…

EFF applauds Apple on privacy; blasts ‘laughable’ Facebook

Sunday, December 20, 2020 11:44 am4 Comments

Facebook has recently launched a campaign touting itself as the protector of small businesses. This is a laughable attempt from Facebook, EFF…

EFF calls on Apple to let users truly encrypt iCloud backups as part of ‘fix it already’ initiative

Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:30 pmThursday, February 28, 20192 Comments

When data is backed up to iCloud, it’s encrypted so that Apple, and not just the user, can access it…

Cellebrite: We keep iPhone exploits secret for the public’s safety

Thursday, March 1, 2018 4:44 pmThursday, March 1, 201818 Comments

Earlier this week, Forbes learned that Israel-based U.S. government contractor Cellebrite was touting…

The U.S. government can now (probably) unlock every iPhone model in existence

Monday, February 26, 2018 2:01 pmMonday, February 26, 201857 Comments

In what appears to be a major breakthrough for law enforcement…

Internet pioneer John Perry Barlow dead at 70

Thursday, February 8, 2018 5:32 pmThursday, February 8, 201811 Comments

Influential internet rights pioneer John Perry Barlow has died, aged 70…

EFF criticizes Apple’s ‘misleading’ Bluetooth and Wi-Fi toggles in iOS 11 for being a privacy and security risk

Sunday, October 8, 2017 11:50 am45 Comments

The strange, unintuitive way Bluetooth and Wi-Fi toggles work in iOS 11 has drawn ire from many quarters…

EFF: Apple wins 4 out of 5 stars in protecting users from government overreach

Monday, July 10, 2017 3:00 pmMonday, July 10, 20179 Comments

While many technology companies continue to step up their privacy game by adopting best practices…

Amazon to restore encryption to Fire tablets after complaints

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 8:25 amTuesday, March 8, 20163 Comments

Amazon.com Inc. said it plans to restore an encryption feature on its Fire tablets after customers and privacy advocates criticized…

Amazon removes data encryption from Fire tablets

Friday, March 4, 2016 3:01 pmFriday, March 4, 201613 Comments

Amazon has confirmed it removed the ability to encrypt locally stored data on its Fire tablets…

EFF files complaint asking for federal investigation; says Google broke privacy pledge, tracked students

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 7:05 pm15 Comments

The EFF is asking for a federal investigation into whether Google broke a pledge to honor student privacy…

Government data requests 2015: Apple earns 5-star rating

Thursday, June 18, 2015 11:04 am8 Comments

We commend Apple for its strong stance regarding user rights, transparency, and privacy….

Potential for bipartisan net neutrality bill emerges in U.S. Congress

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 1:26 pmWednesday, March 25, 201513 Comments

Both political parties have a major reason to seek a permanent legislative solution…

Jeb Bush on FCC and so-called ‘net neutrality’ regulation: ‘One of the craziest ideas I’ve ever heard’

Sunday, March 8, 2015 2:26 pm120 Comments

Jeb Bush said Saturday that he opposes the FCC’s attempts to regulate broadband Internet providers…

Who loves the FCC’s overreach on so-called ‘net neutrality?’ Telecom lawyers

Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:27 pmThursday, March 5, 201579 Comments

While ‘net neutrality’ sounds like a good idea, it isn’t…

Legal battles loom over FCC’s so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules

Thursday, February 26, 2015 9:45 pm15 Comments

The fate of the Internet in the U.S. is far from settled…

U.S. FCC OKs so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules on party-line vote

Thursday, February 26, 2015 5:24 pmThursday, February 26, 201578 Comments

Republican commish: ‘Read my lips. More Internet taxes are coming.’

U.S. FCC’s rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’ expected to unleash slew of court challenges

Thursday, February 26, 2015 9:57 amThursday, February 26, 201524 Comments

Republicans expect that Democrats will change their thinking once they realize the legal threat…

EFF: ‘We are deeply concerned; FCC’s new rules include provision that sounds like a recipe for overreach’

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:25 pmWednesday, February 25, 201516 Comments

For many months, EFF has been working with a broad coalition…

Samsung warns ‘SmartTV’ users not to discuss personal info in front of their eavesdropping TVs

Monday, February 9, 2015 12:27 pmMonday, February 9, 201524 Comments

The potential privacy intrusion of voice-activated services is massive…

EFF ranks Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime as most secure mass-market messaging options

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 5:25 pmWednesday, November 5, 20149 Comments

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has investigated the security of various messaging apps…

It’s time for Steve Jobs’ idea to bear fruit: Open, shared home Wi-Fi

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 12:57 pmTuesday, August 5, 201432 Comments

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs loved to walk around his neighborhood in Palo Alto…

U.S. Supreme Court unanimously bans warrantless cell phone searches

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:14 amWednesday, June 25, 201474 Comments

In a blow to the Obama administration, which petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to allow warrantless cell phone searches..

Apple, EFF and AT&T back Microsoft’s campaign against US government warrants overseas

Monday, June 16, 2014 2:01 pmMonday, June 16, 201415 Comments

Apple, Cisco, AT&T and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have joined Microsoft…

EFF credits Apple’s ‘remarkable improvement’ in protecting customer data from governments

Friday, May 16, 2014 8:30 am5 Comments

The EFF’s ranking of technology company data request transparency is notable because…

Can U.S. police search your iPhone without a warrant?

Monday, April 28, 2014 9:25 amMonday, April 28, 201494 Comments

Can the arresting officer, without a warrant, riffle through the contents of your Apple iPhone?

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