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Tag: National Security Agency

U.S. Senators threaten Apple and Facebook with mandated encryption backdoors

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 4:00 pmTuesday, December 10, 20199 Comments

U.S. senators grilled Apple Inc and Facebook Inc executives over their encryption practices on Tuesday and threatened to regulate the technology unless…

FBI Director Christopher Wray continues pushing for encryption back doors

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 6:00 pmTuesday, March 5, 201910 Comments

The encryption war is quiet now, but the murky back-and-forth between…

Cellebrite, the Feds’ favorite iPhone hacking tool, is selling on ebay for $100 – and it’s leaking data

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 5:01 pmWednesday, February 27, 20193 Comments

hen eBay merchant Mr. Balaj was looking through a pile of hi-fi junk at an auction in the U.K…

FBI: End-to-end encryption like Apple’s ‘infects’ law enforcement

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 11:00 amWednesday, February 27, 20195 Comments

Nearly three years after the Federal Bureau of Investigation abandoned an effort to force Apple Inc…

Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others denounce Australia’s ‘deeply flawed’ anti-encryption law

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 1:32 pmWednesday, February 27, 20195 Comments

Apple, Google and Microsoft have denounced the Australian government’s decision to pass an anti-encryption law that…

Backdoors: Australia passes laws allowing spies and police to snoop on encrypted communications

Friday, December 7, 2018 10:01 amFriday, December 7, 201818 Comments

Australia Thursday passed controversial laws allowing spies and police to snoop on the encrypted communications…

Apple to Australia: This is no time to weaken encryption; access only for ‘good guys’ is a false premise

Saturday, October 13, 2018 12:12 pm57 Comments

Apple has filed its formal opposition to a new bill currently being proposed by the Australian government…

Apple urges Australian government not to destroy encryption with ‘backdoors’

Friday, October 12, 2018 5:37 pmFriday, October 12, 20188 Comments

Apple has submitted its formal response to a draft bill undergoing debate by the Australian government…

Apple, other tech giants denounce proposed Australian law seeking encryption ‘backdoor’

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:35 amWednesday, October 3, 20188 Comments

Four global tech giants – Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon – will oppose an Australian law…

More proof that iPhone backdoors are a stupid idea: Massive cache of law enforcement personnel data leaks

Monday, July 2, 2018 9:30 amMonday, July 2, 201821 Comments

A data breach at a federally funded active shooter training center has exposed the personal data of thousands of US law enforcement officials…

Apple highlights user privacy as Facebook exec steps down

Thursday, June 14, 2018 5:35 pmFriday, June 15, 20188 Comments

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook takes every opportunity to highlight his company’s commitment to privacy…

Bipartisan ‘Secure Data Act’ would make it illegal for U.S. government to demand backdoors

Friday, May 11, 2018 2:55 pmFriday, May 11, 20189 Comments

A new bill introduced in Congress gets encryption right…

Bill Gates thinks Apple should unlock iPhones at the government’s request

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 11:56 amTuesday, February 13, 201862 Comments

In an interview with Axios, Bill Gates warned Apple and other tech giants that they risk the kind of nightmarish government…

President Trump sarcastically accuses FBI of ‘blaming Samsung’ for missing Strzok-Page texts

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 9:13 am49 Comments

President Donald Trump tweeted his contempt for the FBI on Tuesday as he demanded to kno…

FBI forensic expert blasts Apple ‘jerks’ for encrypting iPhones

Thursday, January 11, 2018 12:01 pm31 Comments

Ever since Apple made encryption default on the iPhone, the FBI has been waging a war against encryption…

FBI Director Wray calls inability to access electronic devices an ‘urgent public safety issue’

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 5:00 pmTuesday, January 9, 201848 Comments

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is increasingly unable to access data from some electronic devices…

U.S. to disclose estimate of number of American citizens under surveillance

Monday, December 19, 2016 9:28 amMonday, December 19, 20169 Comments

The U.S. intelligence community will soon disclose an estimate of the number of Americans whose electronic communications have been…

New Apple Report suggests governments everywhere are demanding customer data

Friday, December 9, 2016 4:46 pmFriday, December 9, 201628 Comments

Apple has published the latest edition of its biannual report on Government Information Requests…

President Trump’s attorney general pick Jeff Sessions could restart the encryption fight

Friday, November 18, 2016 3:15 pmFriday, November 18, 201673 Comments

After weeks of speculation, President-elect Donald Trump today named Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as his choice for attorney general…

Hardware hack bypasses iPhone passcode security

Monday, September 19, 2016 3:32 pmMonday, September 19, 201612 Comments

The work contradicts a claim made by the FBI earlier this year that this approach would not work….

Apple backs Microsoft in battle against U.S. government over ‘Sneak-and-Peek’ searches

Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:01 amTuesday, September 6, 20167 Comments

Apple Inc., Google and Amazon.com Inc. were among the tech leaders that rallied behind Microsoft Corp…

Inept Microsoft demonstrates just how right Apple was to stand up to U.S. government overreach

Friday, August 12, 2016 12:03 pmFriday, August 12, 20168 Comments

I wrote an opinion piece predating the San Bernardino shootings on why Apple was right to stand firm…

Bungling Microsoft singlehandedly proves that ‘backdoors’ are a stupid idea

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 2:30 pmWednesday, August 10, 201623 Comments

Microsoft leaked the golden keys that unlock Windows-powered tablets, phones and other devices sealed…

Apple rehires prominent security pro to deliver even more powerful security features

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 4:01 pmTuesday, May 24, 20162 Comments

Apple Inc , which has resisted pressure from U.S. law enforcement to unlock encrypted iPhones…

Feckless FBI unable to unlock iPhone, even with a ‘fingerprint unlock warrant’

Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:42 amThursday, May 12, 201634 Comments

A judge recently took the controversial step of letting the FBI force a woman to unlock an iPhone with her fingerprints. But it didn’t work…

The Touch ID lock on your iPhone isn’t cop-proof

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:55 amWednesday, May 11, 201633 Comments

Law enforcement may be able to compel suspects to press their fingers to the devices and unlock them…

U.S. government wants your fingerprints to unlock your phone

Sunday, May 1, 2016 4:24 pm51 Comments

As the world watched the FBI spar with Apple this winter in an attempt to hack into a San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone…

U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu says strong encryption without backdoors is a ‘national security priority’

Friday, April 29, 2016 4:02 pmFriday, April 29, 201614 Comments

Ted Lieu is one of the few bona fide computer geeks in Congress…

Apple demands delay in NY iPhone case: Company wants to test FBI hack in San Bernardino terrorist iPhone case

Monday, March 28, 2016 4:55 pmMonday, March 28, 201616 Comments

Apple last week asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline…

FBI vs. Apple isn’t over; Fourth Amendment issues remain

Monday, March 28, 2016 10:57 amMonday, March 28, 20168 Comments

The FBI and Apple reached a cease-fire last week, but it can’t last…

Apple says it may not be needed to unlock New York drug dealer’s iPhone

Friday, March 25, 2016 4:55 pmFriday, March 25, 20163 Comments

Apple Inc. said it may not be needed to help unlock an iPhone connected to a drug case in New York…

Zdziarski’s take on the FBI’s ‘alternative’ method

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:58 pmWednesday, March 23, 201610 Comments

FBI acknowledged today that there ‘appears’ to be an alternative way into Farook’s iPhone 5c…

FBI may be required to hand over Apple iPhone hacking secrets

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:28 pmWednesday, March 23, 201613 Comments

Any new method the bureau uses to hack into iPhones may be short-lived as it may be obligated to give Apple the details so the company can fix the security gap…

Apple won Round 1 vs. U.S. government overreach; what comes next?

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 12:55 pmWednesday, March 23, 20166 Comments

A showdown between Apple and the FBI over a dead terrorist’s iPhone took a surprise twist this week…

Steve Jobs’ former publicist: Apple got PR wrong in fight against U.S. government overreach

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 11:28 amWednesday, March 23, 201625 Comments

The publicist who helped Steve Jobs launch the first Macintosh in the 1980s says Apple failed to…

Ex-Apple CEO Sculley: FBI relying on hackers is fair

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 7:10 pmTuesday, March 22, 201612 Comments

Technology and social media companies recently joined Apple Inc. to fight the battle of will with the FBI…

Apple gets short-term win over Big Brother; issue deferred, not resolved

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:01 pmTuesday, March 22, 201613 Comments

Less than 24 hours before a highly anticipated Tuesday court session where prosecutors and Apple lawyers…

FBI could be using these hacks to break into killer’s iPhone

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:55 amTuesday, March 22, 201614 Comments

There are a number of ways the FBI could be attempting to hack into the iPhone used by the San Bernardino killer…

FBI says it may have found method to unlock San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone

Monday, March 21, 2016 8:19 pmMonday, March 21, 201666 Comments

The Justice Department said on Monday that it might no longer need Apple’s assistance to help open an iPhone…

Countdown to doomsday: Apple, FBI face off in court Tuesday

Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:55 am30 Comments

If you’ve been reading the headlines about Apple’s fight with the FBI, you know it’s easy to assume…

Apple sees weakness in FBI’s last-minute hearing request

Friday, March 18, 2016 2:58 pmFriday, March 18, 201618 Comments

A last-minute request by the FBI to call witnesses to next week’s court hearing in the San Bernardino iPhone case…

The FBI has a big ulterior motive in its war against privacy and Apple’s encrypted iPhone

Friday, March 18, 2016 9:32 amFriday, March 18, 201638 Comments

When a public interest group wants to create new legal precedent, its first step is to find…

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