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  • Slashdot: UK Effort To Keep Apple Encryption Fight Secret Is Blocked

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/04/07/1444256/uk-effort-to-keep-apple-encryption-fight-secret-is-blocked?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: UK Effort To Keep Apple Encryption Fight Secret Is Blocked Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A UK court has ruled against the government’s attempt to keep secret its demand for Apple user data, highlighting a significant clash over encryption and user privacy rights. This ruling emphasizes…

  • Slashdot: UK’s First Permanent Facial Recognition Cameras Installed

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/27/1556222/uks-first-permanent-facial-recognition-cameras-installed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: UK’s First Permanent Facial Recognition Cameras Installed Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Metropolitan Police’s installation of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in Croydon marks a significant step in crime prevention and surveillance technology. This initiative raises important implications for privacy, security, and compliance as law…

  • The Register: Apple takes UK government to court over ‘backdoor’ order

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/apple_reportedly_ipt_complaint/ Source: The Register Title: Apple takes UK government to court over ‘backdoor’ order Feedly Summary: A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports Apple has reportedly filed a legal complaint with the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) contesting the UK government’s order that it must forcibly break the…

  • Slashdot: Apple Launches Legal Challenge To UK ‘Back Door’ Order

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/03/04/1743218/apple-launches-legal-challenge-to-uk-back-door-order?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Launches Legal Challenge To UK ‘Back Door’ Order Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is legally challenging the British government’s demand to create a backdoor in its secure cloud storage systems, marking a significant test of the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act regarding encryption. This case…

  • Hacker News: Lynx Browser: The Land That Time Revived (2022)

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    Source URL: https://popzazzle.blogspot.com/2022/06/lynx-browser-land-that-time-revived.html Source: Hacker News Title: Lynx Browser: The Land That Time Revived (2022) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text delves into the Lynx browser, highlighting its vital role as a tool for maintaining privacy and bypassing surveillance in the modern digital landscape. As a text-only browser developed in…

  • Slashdot: Nearly 10 Years After Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier Says: Privacy’s Still Screwed

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/02/17/1557220/nearly-10-years-after-data-and-goliath-bruce-schneier-says-privacys-still-screwed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nearly 10 Years After Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier Says: Privacy’s Still Screwed Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Bruce Schneier highlights the intensified state of surveillance over the past decade, emphasizing that despite some regulatory measures, the core issue of surveillance capitalism remains unaddressed. He warns…

  • The Register: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/ Source: The Register Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed Feedly Summary: ‘In 50 years, I think we’ll view these business practices like we view sweatshops today’ Interview It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy expert Bruce Schneier released the book…

  • Slashdot: TSA’s Airport Facial-Recognition Tech Faces Audit Probe

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/02/03/2353253/tsas-airport-facial-recognition-tech-faces-audit-probe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: TSA’s Airport Facial-Recognition Tech Faces Audit Probe Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General is conducting an audit on the TSA’s facial recognition technology due to concerns raised by lawmakers and privacy advocates, focusing on its efficacy in enhancing security while…