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Earlier this year, the United Kingdom government ordered Apple to provide access to encrypted data in the company’s cloud storage service, iCloud. In response, Apple removed its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system for users in the country, removing the option to store data using end-to-end encryption, and setting a dangerous precedent of privacy violation. 

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In early February of this year, the Internet Society hosted an Encryption Advocacy Workshop in Brussels for European civil society organizations. We created this workshop alongside steering members of the Global Encryption Coalition to equip potential encryption advocates with:

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 23, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. [Meme] IAM Says... (Joff on the Toilet, Never Saw a European Patent or EPO Money He Disliked)
    Joff Wild of IAM
  2. This New European Patent Office Report Shows That Liars, Cheaters and Corrupt Officials Rise Up to the Top (Those Are Key Prerequisites in the Age of Big Lies About Patent Quality)
    the general public which is never consulted on EPO policies
  3. Lozza, Who Had Already Been Arrested, Tried to Take Down the Site That Spoke About Lozza's Crimes (Committed Against That Site Too!)
    Of course this did not go well.

    New

  4. This Can Make Ukraine More Robust to Cracking by Russia and Belarus
    We've long argued that Ukraine must completely abandon Windows for its national security's sake
  5. Dead-End Careers at the European Patent Office (EPO), Where Headcount Decreases and Rewards Continue to Decrease (Relative to Inflation) in 2024
    money goes to media bribes
  6. Freenode 3 Years After the IRC Network's Collapse
    IRC works exceptionally well for our needs
  7. Gemini Links 22/01/2024: 30th Birthday Surprise and Gnome Deemed Useless
    Links for the day
  8. [Meme] Rules of War
    High-quality explosions or European Patents imploding
  9. [Teaser] [Meme] Doing Speed
    Article coming soon
  10. Links 22/01/2024: Microsoft's Chatbot Openly Promotes Fascism, Getty Images Latest to Call for Action
    Links for the day
  11. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  12. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 21, 2024
    IRC logs for Sunday, January 21, 2024
  13. [Meme] “Two Copywrongs Don’t Make a Copyright” (Screenshots of Pages of a Misogynist Who Attacks Women)
    Women keep rejecting them, so they attack women
  14. Militants Who Attacked Techrights by Doing Horrible and Illegal Things Try to Delete Themselves From the Web
    too late
  15. New Interview With Richard Stallman in the 'Exploring Antinatalism' Podcast (Very Personal Topics Covered)
    Dr. Stallman spoke about his relationship with his mother

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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