privacy Apple says it will pull Messages and FaceTime if UK forces back-door access to its encryption Mark Frauenfelder
politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tiny alterations in training data can introduce "backdoors" into machine learning models Cory Doctorow
security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow
china Chinese authorities are secretly installing their anti-Uyghur surveillance app on the phones of tourists to Xinjiang province Cory Doctorow
surveillance Vodafone sources claim Huawei created a "backdoor" for its home routers and network switching equipment and then lied about removing it Cory Doctorow
Business Bunnie Huang's tour-de-force explanation of how hardware implants and supply chain hacks work Cory Doctorow
Business Huawei president Ren Zhengfei: We won't spy on US even if Chinese law requires us to, what backdoors? Xeni Jardin
infosec A deep dive into the technical feasibility of Bloomberg's controversial "Chinese backdoored servers" story Cory Doctorow
crypto wars Debunking "ghost users": MI5's plan to backdoor all secure messaging platforms Cory Doctorow
security A year later, giant Chinese security camera company's products are still a security dumpster-fire Cory Doctorow