The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has the ability to break into encrypted phones and laptops, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing so that the public can finally learn about how it is done. The encryption breaking is allegedly done by the FBI’s Electronic Device Analysis Unit (EDAU). Public documents have alluded … Continue reading “ACLU sues to find out how the FBI is breaking into encrypted devices”
A leaked draft resolution from the Council of the European Union highlights that the government is planning to crack down on the end-to-end (e2e) encryption used by messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp. What the EU is calling for is a “balance” between regular encryption use and lawful access to encrypted data. The EU … Continue reading “EU continues to push for lawful access (aka backdoors) to end-to-end encrypted data”
Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of July 3rd, 2020 Andrew Yang unveils Data Dividend Project to make tech companies pay for your personal information A new project started by Andrew Yang is floating the idea of making tech companies pay users for the personal information given up. Most of the time, we are giving … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 3, 2020”