Security News for the Week Ending September 27, 2019

September 27, 2019 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

Did Apple ‘Play’ President Trump? Apple says that it has received a waiver from import tariffs on Chinese parts for the Mac Pro. Why, after President Trump said he wouldn’t do that? Apple’s PR machine made it look like the Mac Pro was now going to be made in Texas after they floated a rumor […]

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Trump Considers Executive Order Declaring National Security Emergency

July 2, 2018 CyberCecurity 1 Comment

President Trump is considering signing an executive order asserting a national security emergency using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). While every president since Jimmy Carter has used the IEEPA to impose sanctions on governments that we don’t like, no president has ever used it to tell private companies who they should buy parts […]

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