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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…