Granted, it has zero chance of passing as is, but the current bill before the US Senate, The Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016, would actually make encryption a legal impossibility. The bill, Hall and Bankston point out, doesn’t specifically suggest any sort of backdoored encryption or other means to even attempt to balance…
The thing that bugs me the most about this situation is not the argument about what Apple should or shouldn’t be required to do, it’s the number of politicians who feel the need to pipe in on behalf of the government, who clearly have no idea how encryption works. The whole point of encrypting data…
The newspaper has reported that the Justice Department is weighing how to move forward with an ongoing investigation that has run into trouble because of the service’s encryption. A federal judge had okayed a wiretap order during the course of the investigation, but because the communications being tapped is encrypted, they can’t see what’s being…
“Such concerns didn’t strike me as farfetched, but I was reluctant to air them in mixed company. I knew that many of my fellow citizens took comfort in their own banality: You live a boring life and feel you have nothing to fear from those on high. But how could you anticipate the ways in…
I know I mentioned this prior to the release of iOS9, the app slimming feature that would help those of us struggling with space on older 16B phones. Apparently though, that feature has been delayed. Come on Apple, get with it! Don’t make me start to wonder if its just a ploy to get us…
With the release of iOS9, Apple will also be releasing Apple News, which frankly seems to be a direct shot at Flipboard’s dominance in viewing news about topics that interest you in a slick magazine type layout. Well, when you get Apple News up and ready, know that this website, and all of the blogs…