privacy FBI demands iPhone backdoor access; Tim Cook tells them to get lost Rob Beschizza

fbi Microsoft gave the FBI BitLocker encryption keys to unlock laptops Ellsworth Toohey

privacy Ireland wants to give police spyware and facial recognition powers Ellsworth Toohey

trump Apple's authoritarian-pleasing antics have alienated me Séamus Bellamy

Technology Chinese printer driver infected with Bitcoin-stealing malware cost users $950k Ellsworth Toohey

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Technology Signal to leave Sweden if forced to create message backdoors Ellsworth Toohey

Technology UK government forces Apple to strip encryption from UK users Ellsworth Toohey

Law enforcement reports successful Tor deanonymizations in Germany Rob Beschizza

Technology Hacker defies the odds, unlocks $3 million Bitcoin wallet locked since 2013 Mark Frauenfelder

china New Microsoft report says China campaign accused U.S. of using a military-grade "weather weapon" to deliberately start the Maui wildfires Mark Frauenfelder

privacy Apple says it will pull Messages and FaceTime if UK forces back-door access to its encryption Mark Frauenfelder

insurrection January 6th panel's data requests hampered by encryption Jason Weisberger

mistakes 100m T-Mobile accounts reportedly hacked, including social security numbers Rob Beschizza

Technology Senate GOP introduce bill to end 'warrant-proof' encryption, end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp is targeted Xeni Jardin

fbi The FBI doesn't need Apple to give it a backdoor to encryption, because it already has all the access it needs Thom Dunn

politics Why AG Barr's use of Pensacola shooter case to rebuke Apple is so suspicious Xeni Jardin

politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow

privacy The top FBI lawyer who tried to force Apple to backdoor its crypto now says working crypto is essential to public safety and national security Cory Doctorow

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow