Category: UK
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The UK May Be Dropping Its Backdoor Mandate
The UK May Be Dropping Its Backdoor Mandate The US Director of National Intelligence is reporting that the UK government is dropping its backdoor mandate against the Apple iPhone. For now, at least, assuming that Tulsi Gabbard is reporting this accurately. Bruce Schneier Go to bruce schneier
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NCSC Releases Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline
NCSC Releases Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline The UK’s National Computer Security Center (part of GCHQ) released a timeline—also see their blog post—for migration to quantum-computer-resistant cryptography. It even made The Guardian. Bruce Schneier Go to bruce schneier
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An iCloud Backdoor Would Make Our Phones Less Safe
An iCloud Backdoor Would Make Our Phones Less Safe Last month, the UK government demanded that Apple weaken the security of iCloud for users worldwide. On Friday, Apple took steps to comply for users in the United Kingdom. But the British law is written in a way that requires Apple to give its government access…
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UK Is Ordering Apple to Break Its Own Encryption
UK Is Ordering Apple to Break Its Own Encryption The Washington Post is reporting that the UK government has served Apple with a “technical capability notice” as defined by the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, requiring it to break the Advanced Data Protection encryption in iCloud for the benefit of law enforcement. This is a big…