Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do
Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of se...
After SCOTUS upheld the TikTok law, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeals to Donald Trump in a TikTok video to find a solution that keeps the app available in the US
Get ready for TikTok #LIVEFest2024! @Zara Larsson joins your faves to crown the top LIVE creators of the year. Kyle Eustice / AllHipHop : TikTok Ban Upheld By U.S. Supreme Court—Will Trump Save It? A...
A Pentagon audit from May cleared the use of two DJI drones built for government use, after the Interior Dept. grounded its fleet of China-made drones in Jan.
the Pentagon now says they're safe David MacQuarrie / DroneDJ : Pentagon audit clears at least two DJI drones Matt O'brien / Associated Press : Gov't use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ...
Biden campaign steps up its criticism of Facebook, with an open letter to Zuckerberg and petition asking it to strengthen rules on misinformation
#MOVEFASTFIXIT After foreign operatives … Scott Nover / Adweek : Inside the Longshot Campaign to Get Advertisers to Ditch Facebook Ali Breland / Mother Jones : Facebook Employees Consider Work Stoppag...
US government officially blames Russia for hacking DNC and a range of other institutions and prominent individuals to “interfere with the US election process”
Internal strategy documents and emails … Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Feds Pin Political Hacks on Russia. But How to Respond? Laura Hautala / CNET : Hacking trust: Fears of election-tampering shake faith...
Gov't standards agency “strongly” discourages use of NSA-influenced algorithm
The NIST building in Boulder, Colorado. — Quinn Norton/Wired — Following revelations about the National Security Agency's (NSA) covert influence on computer security standards, the National Instit...