China’s willingness to be part of a hypothetical UN peacekeeping mission in Ukraine is not new in itself. But it could complicate the historical problems of multilateral military operations, especially in the field of cybersecurity by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian on Italian Tech – La Repubblica
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Sweden returns to cash due to fears of cyber attacks
The report published on 10 March 2025 by Riksbank, the Swedish central bank, warns of the risks of a cashless society. But intangible currency is not the only problem caused by forced digitalisation by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian on Italian Tech-LaRepubblica
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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”
The TikTok ruling and the future of Chinese high-tech multinationals
The recent decision of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the TikTok case confirms the validity of the law mandating the forced sale of the US subsidiary of the Chinese social networking giant, sets an important precedent in the relationship between rights and national security, and provides a fairly precise idea of how state control over foreign companies, not only Chinese, will evolve by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “The TikTok ruling and the future of Chinese high-tech multinationals”