Senate bill would require tech companies to give the government ‘backdoor’ access to every device
(Cyberwar.news) On the heels of a legal battle between Apple, Inc., and the FBI over gaining access to an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists, a Senate panel is devising legislation that would require technology companies to build so-called “backdoors” into their devices so that they would be accessible to government intelligence Read More
Turns out the Feds have been hounding Google to unlock Android phones, too
(Cyberwar.news) Though the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over the unlocking of an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists is over, the Department of Justice has been back in a federal court recently to make a similar request of another tech company. As reported by The Hacker News, the American Read More
Wyden pledging to fight legislation to limit encryption
(Cyberwar.news) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden pledged last week to fight legislation expected shortly in Congress that would limit encryption protection in American technology products. The proposal by Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, would give federal judges authority to order technology companies Read More
FBI drops case against Apple as the agency mysteriously gains access to terrorist iPhone
(Cyberwar.news) After a tense month-long standoff with Apple, the FBI has dropped its case against the tech giant after mysteriously gaining access to an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists. As reported by Wired, the Justice Department filed a motion on Monday asking a California court to vacate its earlier decision ordering Read More
Shadowy hacking underworld may be helping the FBI break into jihadi iPhone
(Cyberwar.news) In recent days following reports that the FBI may not need Apple after all to gain access to a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino jihadists, many in the intelligence and technology communities speculated about how the nation’s top federal law enforcement agency would be able to gain access on its Read More
Federal prosecutors say they may not need Apple to crack iPhone for FBI
(Cyberwar.news) U.S. prosecutors said Monday that a “third party” had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, a development that could bring an abrupt end to the high-stakes legal showdown between the government and Apple Inc (AAPL.O). A federal judge in Riverside, California, late Monday agreed Read More
Congress urged to address encryption issue once and for all
(Cyberwar.news) Congress has to act on encryption or the issue could bounce around courts across the country for years to come, a leading privacy expert warned ahead of a crucial hearing on the dispute between Apple and the FBI. The two sides, involved in an increasingly rancorous dispute over attempts to access a phone used by Read More
Obama Set To Put In New Law That Can Put Everyone In Jail (Video)
In this video Luke Rudkowski documents the biggest legal change in privacy law that will have a profound affect on the American way of life. We go over Obama’s new guidelines that will allow the NSA to share all of your private information with other federal agencies for domestic policing. This means the IRS, DEA, Read More
Study: Technologies give govt. plenty of opportunity to track Americans
(Cyberwar.news) Since 2013 top federal law enforcement officials in the FBI and elsewhere have been pushing Congress and the White House to approve legislation that would essentially give them “backdoor” access into encryption software, arguing it was necessary to track criminal and terrorist activities. Officials like FBI Director James Comey have testified before congressional committees Read More
