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Hintertür-Bericht: Britische Regierung will Vollzugriff auf #iCloud | Mac & i https://www.heise.de/news/Hintertuer-Bericht-Britische-Regierung-will-Vollzugriff-auf-iCloud-10626855.html #InvestigatoryPowersAct #Apple :apple_inc: #Datenschutz #privacy

Großbritannien zieht Forderung zum Zugriff auf verschlüsselte iCloud-Daten zurück
Die Regierung in Großbritannien hat ihre umstrittene Forderung zur Entschlüsselung von iCloud-Daten nach Angaben des US-Geheimdienstes zurü
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/grossbritannien-zieht-forderung-zum-zugriff-auf-verschluesselte-icloud-daten-zurueck/
#News #Services #Tellerrand #Apple #Benutzerinnenrechte #Datenschutz #Grobritannien #iCloud #InvestigatoryPowersAct #Sicherheit #Verschlsselung

User Data Encryption: WhatsApp Joins Apple in Defiance of UK Backdoor Law

#Encryption #Privacy #Apple #UKGov #WhatsApp #BigTech #DataSecurity #Surveillance #InvestigatoryPowersAct #TechPolicy #CyberLaw #HumanRights

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/06/11/encryption-war-whatsapp-joins-apple-in-defiance-of-uk-backdoor-law-xcxwbn/

These same imbeciles (I believe largely in the 🇬🇧 #HomeOffice) are trying to force #Apple to install a worldwide backdoor in its end-to-end encrypted #iCloud service #ADP, using a #TechnicalCapabilityNotice under the UK's Orwellian mass surveillance-enabling laws (such as the #InvestigatoryPowersAct) and very weakly overseen by the retired judges at #IPCO (appointed by the government)

Even Google cannot deny the British surveillance order

A British secret order requires Apple to build a backdoor into strong encryption of backups and other data.

There are now indications that Apple is not alone and that Google has also been served with a similar secret order.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250318-even-google-cannot-deny-the-british-surveillance-order?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#UK #Apple #Google #Encryption #Backdoor #Surveillance #Tech #BigTech #Politics #Legal #Law #InvestigatoryPowersAct

"US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired in public."

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/14/apple_uk_encryption_hearing/

"Colloquially, the IPA is referred to as the Snooper's Charter since its aims are to legally empower intelligence agencies with greater surveillance powers."

#Apple #encryption #cryptography #technology #UK #politics #uspol #ukpol #InvestigatoryPowersAct #privacy #Surveillance

📣 Make your voice heard through the secrecy!

By ordering Apple to break encryption, the UK government has put millions at a higher risk of their personal data, documents and photos falling into the hands of criminals and predators.

The secret tribunal is taking place this Friday – we need to take a stand for encryption!

Sign and share our petition ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted

#e2ee #encryption #apple #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #investigatorypowersact

"Holding this Tribunal in secret would be an affront to the global privacy and security issues that are being discussed. This is bigger than just the UK, or Apple."

We call for the case – happening this Friday – to be held in the open as a matter of public interest!

🗣️ @jim – ORG Executive Director.

#encryption #e2ee #apple #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #investigatorypowersact

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship call for the secret Tribunal into the UK Home Office's encryption-breaching order against Apple to be held in PUBLIC 🧑‍⚖️

There's a significant public interest in knowing why the UK government believes it can compel a private company to undermine the privacy and security of its users.

Read our joint letter ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/make-the-investigatory-powers-tribunal-on-apple-encryption-a-public-hearing/

#encryption #e2ee #Apple #investigatorypowersact #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol

Apple vs. UK — ADP E2EE Back Door Faceoff – Source: securityboulevard.com https://ciso2ciso.com/apple-vs-uk-adp-e2ee-back-door-faceoff-source-securityboulevard-com/ #Won’tsomebodythinkofthechildren? #FiveEyesIntelligenceAlliance #SecurityBoulevard(Original) #Government&RegulatoryNews #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #UKInvestigatoryPowersAct #childsexualexploitation #InvestigatoryPowersAct #ApplicationSecurity #endtoendencryption #AppleDataSecurity #childexploitation #CyberSecurityNews #Identity&Access

Apple wehrt sich gegen britische Anordnung zur iCloud-Entschlüsselung
Apple hat offiziell rechtliche Schritte gegen die britische Regierung eingeleitet, um eine Anordnung z
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/apple-wehrt-sich-gegen-britische-anordnung-zur-icloud-entschluesselung/
#News #Services #Apple #AppleSicherheitsstrategie #Datenschutz #Digitaleberwachung #EndezuEndeVerschlsselung #Grobritannien #iCloudBackups #iCloudVerschlsselung #InvestigatoryPowersAct #Verschlsselungsgesetze

The Home Office's attempt to break Apple encryption would create a "serious vulnerability for cyber exploitation by adversarial actors.”

The US has condemned the UK's order to build a backdoor into user's photos, documents and personal data stored on the cloud.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/tulsi-gabbard-uk-apple

#encryption #apple #investigatorypowersact #ukpol #ukpolitics #privacy

Apple entfernt Cloud-Verschlüsselung aus UK nach Regierungsanordnung
Apple hat die Funktion Advanced Data Protection (ADP), die eine Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung für iCloud-Daten bie
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/feature/apple-entfernt-cloud-verschluesselung-aus-uk-nach-regierungsanordnung/
#Feature #Services #Tellerrand #AdvancedDataProtection #Apple #ApplePrivatsphre #AppleSicherheit #Backdoor #CloudSicherheit #Datenschutz #iCloud #InvestigatoryPowersAct #iPhone #UK #Verschlsselung

Apples Verschlüsselungs-Dilemma in Großbritannien: Risiken für Datenschutz und Sicherheit
Die britische Regierung drängt Apple dazu, eine Hint
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/apples-verschluesselungs-dilemma-in-grossbritannien-risiken-fuer-datenschutz-und-sicherheit/
#News #Services #Apple #ApplePrivacy #AppleSicherheit #CloudSicherheit #Cybersecurity #Datenschutz #Hintertr #iCloud #InvestigatoryPowersAct #ITSicherheit #berwachung #UK #USA #Verschlsselung #Verschlsselungsgesetze

What is an encryption backdoor?

Talk of backdoors in encrypted services is once again doing the rounds after reports emerged that the UK government is seeking to force Apple to open up iCloud’s end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) device backup offering. Officials were said to be leaning on Apple to create a “backdoor” in the service that would allow state actors to access data in the clear.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250215-what-is-an-encryption-backdoor?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Encryption #UK #Backdoor #InvestigatoryPowersAct #Tech #Apple #Icloud

Congress is PISSED at British Backdoor Bid, but Apple Stays Shtum – Source: securityboulevard.com https://ciso2ciso.com/congress-is-pissed-at-british-backdoor-bid-but-apple-stays-shtum-source-securityboulevard-com/ #Won’tsomebodythinkofthechildren? #FiveEyesIntelligenceAlliance #SecurityBoulevard(Original) #Government&RegulatoryNews #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #childsexualexploitation #InvestigatoryPowersAct #ApplicationSecurity #endtoendencryption #AppleDataSecurity #childexploitation #ChildAbuse

Why is the UK government going after individual apps with its request for access to messages? Not to give anyone ideas, but it should pursue the various software keyboard app vendors instead. These apps are in a position to capture everything you type into any app.
#TotalSurveillance #Privacy #UKGov #InvestigatoryPowersAct #SnoopersCharter

Weekly output: Musk digitally deleting USAID, Arm vs. Qualcomm, U.K. vs. Apple, 8K TV, Bletchley Park

One of this week’s published stories began with reporting weeks ago; another began with notes and photos taken months ago.

2/3/2025: Musk’s Minions Deleting Digital Presence of US International Development Agency, PCMag

I could not just write about the weird digital erasure Elon Musk and his goons have been inflicting on the online presence of the U.S. Agency for International Development without reminding readers of three important bits of context: USAID does good and useful work (as vouched for in that quote from Georgetown University government-department chair Anthony Arend, four of whose classes I took as an undergrad 35-plus years ago); USAID constituted all of .4% of the federal budget in fiscal year 2024; Elon Musk’s tweets show no sign of him having any interest in the agency until January.

2/6/2025: Arm Drops Effort to Cancel Qualcomm’s Chip-Licensing Deal, PCMag

If you were considering buying a Windows laptop with one of Qualcomm’s power-efficient Snapdragon X processors, this should rank as very good news.

2/7/2025: Report: UK Orders Apple to Disable E2E Encryption on iCloud Backups Worldwide, PCMag

Writing up the Washington Post’s scoop about this dangerous demand by the U.K.’s Home Office gave me a crash course in looking up and citing legislation on Parliament’s Web site–without which I would have been writing about the Investigatory Powers Act without pointing people to the text of that 2016 statute and its 2024 amendments.

2/8/2025: In 2025, the Picture for 8K TVs (Still) Isn’t Looking Too Bright or Sharp, PCMag

I originally had delusions of writing this piece from CES with a Las Vegas dateline, but the weeks since then allowed me to get some additional numbers from the Consumer Technology Association and quiz another analyst as well as the head of the 8K Association.

2/9/2025: To See Codebreaking At Its Most Metal, Visit Bletchley Park, PCMag

Some of you may remember my writing a piece about Bletchley Park for the long-gone information-security publication The Parallax in 2018. I decided to revisit this museum of WWII codebreaking when my trip to London in October for Uber’s Go-Get Zero event (on Uber’s dime) left me with an afternoon free, and I’m glad I did because I was able to check out one exhibit that I’d had to skip earlier and see a few exhibits they’d added since then.

#8K #8KTV #AgencyForInternationalDevelopment #ArmHoldings #BletchleyPark #codebreaking #cryptography #EnigmaMachine #iCloudEncryption #InvestigatoryPowersAct #MuskCoup #Qualcomm #SnapdragonX #SnoopersCharter #UKHomeOffice #USAID

So aktivierst du Apples Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung für iCloud – und warum sie in Großbritannien unter Beschuss steht
Die britische Regierung fordert von A
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/so-aktivierst-du-apples-ende-zu-ende-verschluesselung-fuer-icloud-und-warum-sie-in-grossbritannien-unter-beschuss-steht/
#iPhone #Mac #News #AdvancedDataProtection #Apple #Cybersecurity #Datenschutz #Grobritannien #iCloud #InvestigatoryPowersAct #iPhoneSicherheit #Privatsphre #Verschlsselung

Großbritannien fordert Hintertür zu Apples verschlüsseltem Cloud-Speicher
Eine geheime Anordnung der britischen Regierung könnte die Sicherheit und Privatsphäre von über 2 Mi
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/feature/grossbritannien-fordert-hintertuer-zu-apples-verschluesseltem-cloud-speicher/
#Feature #Services #Apple #AppleAdvancedDataProtection #CloudSicherheit #Cybersecurity #Datenschutz #Grobritannien #iCloud #InvestigatoryPowersAct #Privatsphre #Regierungseingriff #Verschlsselung

Clause 14 – Powers to obtain communications data: 25 Mar 2024: House of Commons debates | TheyWorkForYou

Sometimes the Scottish National Party says the right thing:

We get the motivations for this Bill; they are understood and we are sympathetic with some of what the Bill seeks to achieve. However, we are not convinced that all the powers are shown to have been necessary and proportionate and that there are not other ways to get to where those seeking the new powers need to be.

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2024-03-25b.1350.0#g1352.1

https://alecmuffett.com/article/109501

#investigatoryPowersAct #surveillance

The article only talks about Apple but the proposed amendments of the IPA (sadly not the beer but the Investigatory Powers Act) would require any manufacturer WORLDWIDE to stop fixing a software bug which is exploited by UK law enforcement or secret services. Such an overreach is unprecedented.
They're so delusional to think they could enforce that worldwide.

#IPA #investigatorypowersact #uk #overreach

https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/30/ban-apple-security-updates/

Apple warns proposed UK law will affect software updates around the world - Enlarge

Apple is "deeply concerned" that proposed changes to ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1999789 #governmentsurveillance #investigatorypowersact #applesecurityupdates #endtoendencryption #securityupdates #onlinesecurity #onlineprivacy #unitedkingdom #policy #apple

Joint Briefing on the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill | A BORING TITLE FOR A TERRIFYING BLOG POST …

…that details the UK Government’s plans to armtwist software providers into not fixing security bugs, plus obligate changes to enable surveillance. The current state of affairs is that the amendment: (quote:)

• weakens safeguards when intelligence services collect bulk datasets of personal information, potentially allowing them to harvest millions of facial images and social media data;
• expressly permits the harvesting and processing of internet connection records for generalised, massive surveillance;
• expands the range of politicians who can authorise the surveillance of parliamentarians;
• would force technology companies, including those based overseas, to inform the government of any plans to improve security or privacy measures on their platforms so that the government can consider serving a notice to prevent such changes – effectively transforming private companies into arms of the surveillance state and eroding the security of devices and the internet.

READ THIS AND TELL OTHER PEOPLE

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/joint-briefing-on-the-investigatory-powers-amendment-bill/

https://alecmuffett.com/article/108967

#investigatoryPowersAct #regulation #surveillance

Surveillance-by-Design in Proposed Amendments to the U.K. Investigatory Powers Act | Lawfare

The U.K. government is considering making significant changes to its primary government #surveillance authority, the #InvestigatoryPowersAct. Some of those changes are ill advised and will negatively impact the #security of its citizens.
#uk

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/surveillance-by-design-in-proposed-amendments-to-the-u.k.-investigatory-powers-act

“If enacted, these reforms [to the Investigatory Powers Act] pose a threat to companies’ ability to keep our data safe and increase the risk of criminal attacks. We urge the government to engage with civil society and tech companies, and to reconsider these potentially dangerous proposals.”

🗣️ ORG Programme Manager @abigail

#e2ee #encryption #ukpolitics #investigatorypowersact

https://www.digit.fyi/uk-gov-to-expand-controversial-snoopers-charter/

"End-to-end encryption keeps our data and our communications safe and secure. The proposed reforms to the Investigatory Powers Act are the government's latest attack on this technology."

🗣️ ORG Programme Manager @abigail

#e2ee #encryption #ukpolitics #investigatorypowersact

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/07/ukgov_wants_prior_notice_of/