Tag: SolarWinds

Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 1, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of January 1st, 2021 ACLU sues to find out how the FBI is breaking into encrypted devices Court documents show that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been regularly accessing locked, encrypted devices. However, despite the literal court evidence of the practice, the agency refuses to tell the public … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 1, 2021”

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  • Dec 24, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

The widening SolarWinds debacle shows why the reckless idea of backdooring encryption must be dropped forever

The SolarWinds hack is the most serious breach of governmental and corporate security in years, perhaps the most serious breach ever – at least among those that we know about. The first news of the attack appeared on the FireEye blog at the beginning of this month. From the start, it was clear that this … Continue reading “The widening SolarWinds debacle shows why the reckless idea of backdooring encryption must be dropped forever”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: December 18, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of December 18th, 2020 WhatsApp calls Apple’s new privacy nutrition labels for iOS 14 anti-competitive Facebook’s WhatsApp messenger has taken a public stance against Apple’s new privacy nutrition labels. WhatsApp provided the requested privacy information to Apple by the required deadline, but the messaging company also took to the … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: December 18, 2020”

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