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UK Government’s Apple iCloud Backdoor Secrecy Called “Farcical” in Court
The government says acknowledging the Apple order could damage national security. But pretending nobody knows about it is damaging open justice.
ZuckOff App Detects Nearby Camera Glasses Through Bluetooth Signals
It cannot tell you who is recording, but it can tell you that the future has wandered nearby.
Apple Watch’s New Siri Recap Can Automatically Record Everyday Conversations
Apple calls it memory assistance; everyone else might call it a new kind of social privacy problem.
UK Plots On-Device Image Scanning Across Smartphones
Adults who decline to show ID could find their devices treated like children’s devices
Apple's Toll Booth Gets a New Coat of Paint
Apple overhauls EU App Store fees under DMA pressure, but developers still pay a commission on external link-outs.
Brave 1.93 Adds WebGL and WebGPU Fingerprinting Protections
A GPU has turned out to be somewhat of a name tag. Brave has decided to smear the ink.
Apple Private Relay Bug Leaks Real IP in Safari
Under some conditions, the traffic leaves the iPhone directly and never touches the relay the subscriber is paying for.
Apple Challenges UK iCloud Backdoor Order
The order is a crime for Apple to describe, so British users learn what happens to their privacy rights from court paperwork and leaks.
Apple Pulled Telegram From the App Store Worldwide Over a Single User Post
One user out of more than a billion was enough to make Telegram restricted from every iPhone on the planet.
Google’s €890m EU Fine and the Wrong Fight in Washington
There is a European law worth fighting over, and Congress picked the other one.
Wyden Urges Blanche and Rubio to Fight Canada’s Bill C-22 Surveillance Law
Canada calls it lawful access. Wyden calls it a foreign skeleton key cut for American locks.
Apple Sued Over Hide My Email Flaw That Unmasks Real Addresses
Renting anonymity works right up until the landlord leaves the door unlocked.