Topic: Cloud Act
The CLOUD Act enables U.S. law enforcement to access data stored overseas, raising significant privacy concerns. This legislation facilitates international data sharing without adequate safeguards, allowing foreign governments to potentially access sensitive information about individuals without a warrant. The implications for free speech and individual liberty are profound, as it undermines encryption and privacy protections.
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What to Like and What to Question About Europe’s New Open Source Office Push
The same governments selling you a sovereign office suite are the ones legislating their way past the encryption it would…
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Republican Lawmakers Demand Answers on UK’s iCloud Encryption Backdoor Order
Britain’s demand that Apple build a backdoor for everyone on earth, then quietly reframe it as a domestic matter after…
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Tulsi Gabbard Announces UK Retreat from Encrypted Messaging Backdoor Plan
Apple’s defiance held, but the real test may come from Brussels, not London.
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WhatsApp Backs Apple Against British Spy Tool
Apple’s courtroom stand reveals just how far the UK is willing to go to read the world’s messages.
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Lawmakers Urge Trump to Scrap Data Deal After UK Tried To Backdoor Apple’s iCloud
Apple’s encryption standoff with the UK has Republicans questioning if the CLOUD Act still shields Americans as promised.
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DOJ Caught in a Lie: How The Biden Administration Helped the UK Undermine Encryption
A brewing encryption war tests the limits of government power and digital privacy.
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The UK is about to get access to search US citizens’ data without a warrant
Digital rights groups are calling on people to contact their political representation.
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Digital rights groups hit back after US and UK alliance push to cut privacy in messaging apps
For one thing, the intent seems one-sided as it would make life easier for law enforcement, but at the same…
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Early reports about a US-UK message sharing partnership won’t include encryption “back doors”
Not everyone thinks these reports might be particularly dire when it comes to free speech and online freedoms.
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Prosecutors used the CLOUD act to force Google to hand over Michael Cohen’s Gmail, Google Drive and contacts data
Under the CLOUD Act, investigators were able to obtain a warrant which gave them access to the emails, contact, and…
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Outrage over German Police depending on Amazon’s cloud service for storing body cam videos
Storing such highly sensitive information with a private US company posed an ‘incalculable risk.’
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Huawei: the US is scared we’ll stop NSA spying – it’s nothing to do with China
“Prism, Prism on the wall, who is the most trustworthy of them all?”