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Security News for the Week Ending October 16, 2020

5 Eyes Ask For Crypto Backdoor – Again Law enforcement does not like it if they cannot snoop whenever they want. It has been a problem since encryption started to be used by the masses. The CIA, for example, even went to go so far as to BUY the Swiss encryption company Crypto AG, insert […]

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Australia Introduces Bill Requiring Tech Companies Worldwide to Include Encryption Back Doors in their Software

This could get interesting.  The Australian Telecommunications and other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 would require tech companies to decrypt communications on request and even require tech companies to build back doors into their software if they don’t already have them. Of course, like all governments (think GDPR), the bill does not stop […]

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Justice Department Continues Push To Get Rid Of Encryption

The Justice Department continues to push for the ability to bypass encryption (see here). Leslie Caldwell, one of the assistant AGs said that the DoJ is very concerned that Apple and Google have turned on encryption by default.  I guess that must point to the fact that if people have to do something to turn […]

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