Tag: workaround
  • Jan 27, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

#NoPlaceToHide…for Stupid Ideas Like Backdooring End-To-End Encryption and Undermining Privacy

Government attempts to weaken cryptography to allow general surveillance are not new: they date back at least to the 1993 Clipper chip. Similarly, claims that children will be harmed by strong cryptography also go back many years. When Apple strengthened encryption on its phone in 2014, the chief of detectives for Chicago’s police department said: … Continue reading “#NoPlaceToHide…for Stupid Ideas Like Backdooring End-To-End Encryption and Undermining Privacy”

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Firefox Extensions are Temporarily Broken for Most Users – What Happened and How to Fix

What Happened? Today, many users were met with an error saying that their extensions were no longer valid and have been disabled by Firefox. This is because in mid-2018, Mozilla changed the Firefox extension system so that the extensions have to be signed by Mozilla in order to function in Firefox. Mozilla has a certificate … Continue reading “Firefox Extensions are Temporarily Broken for Most Users – What Happened and How to Fix”

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