Apple is said to have challenged the order to disable Advanced Data Protection features. This is a repeat of what happened in the case with the FBI. What can happen and what are the values and opportunities in the field by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica
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Apple surrenders to the British government. Has the purpose of cloud services been called into question?
Disabling iPhone security features at the request of the UK weakens the reasonable privacy expectation in cloud services and exposes the hypocrisy of the digital ecosystem by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Apple surrenders to the British government. Has the purpose of cloud services been called into question?”
Disabling iPhone security features at the request of the UK weakens the reasonable privacy expectation in cloud services and exposes the hypocrisy of the digital ecosystem by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Apple surrenders to the British government. Has the purpose of cloud services been called into question?”
Paragon and Meta: the spectre of surveillance and the phantom of democracy
The growing suspicion in recent days, recently dispelled by the Italian government, that the state secret service had used Paragon spyware to eavesdrop on a journalist and an activist brought to mind Juvenal’s eternal question – who controls the controllers? – but with the need for reformulation: who controls the suppliers of the controllers? by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by La Repubblica-Italian Tech Continue reading “Paragon and Meta: the spectre of surveillance and the phantom of democracy”
What the Chinese ban of Whatsapp, Telegram and Signal from Apple’s App Store means
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has removed or is about to remove a number of programmes from the Chinese version of its App Store, including Whatsapp, Threads, Telegram and Signal on the basis of national security concerns expressed by Beijing by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech – La Repubblica blog Continue reading “What the Chinese ban of Whatsapp, Telegram and Signal from Apple’s App Store means”
The Hypocrisy of Predictive Justice
Mountain View algorithms reported a father who sent photos of his son’s inflamed genitals to his doctor. The charge is of child pornography. And confirms the idiocy of algorithms and the legislator by Andrea Monti – Intially published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech Blog.