encryption
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Florida Man Jailed For Failing To Unlock His Phone
What started as a routine traffic stop has quickly escalated into a civil rights case in a Florida courtroom after a man was put behind bars this week for failing to unlock his phone.
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Adidas Says ‘Unauthorised Party’ Maybe Got Millions Of Logins, Reminds Us To Never, Ever Reuse Passwords
On Thursday, Adidas revealed a “potential data security incident” that possibly left the contact and login info of millions of Adidas customers in the hands of an “unauthorised party”. As many as “a few million” customers who used the Adidas US website may have been affected by a breach, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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I’ll Believe Apple Is Killing Cops’ Anti-Encryption Tools When They Actually Do It
Among the blizzard of news bits from Apple’s WWDC, a much-anticipated feature has returned to the beta for iOS 12: A mode for keeping the FBI and other snoopers out of your phone. The feature has come and gone in the past, but it’s looking more real and better than ever this time around. Still,…
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FBI Used Fake Statistics To Sell Its Need For Encryption Backdoors
For years, the FBI has claimed it needs a backdoor for encrypted devices because too much evidence is being lost in our brave new world. At the end of 2017, US law enforcement began a new push, claiming there were 7,800 devices waiting to be cracked. Now it says there was a programming error and…