A Brazilian judge has ordered the blocking of WhatsApp. The order came in the last couple of days and has been reported in mainstream media: The Intercept The NextWeb The blocking order means that 100 million Brazilian users of WhatsApp are cut off. AFNIC's Stéphane Bortzmeyer did a bit of digging around using RIPE's Atlas probes and the blocking can be seen clearly … [Read more...] about Brazil Blocks WhatsApp Again
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Apple vs FBI: Apple and Others To Argue On The Hill
Tomorrow afternoon at 1pm EST Apple will be giving testimony to the House Judiciary Committee. The session that Apple and others will be taking part in is aptly named: The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy In common with other hearings the various witnesses called to speak have already submitted their written testimony, so we can already look at … [Read more...] about Apple vs FBI: Apple and Others To Argue On The Hill
FBI vs Apple: A Bit Of Light Reading
Encryption is key to commerce online. Anything that weakens it is a threat to the digital economy, so the FBI vs Apple case is something that a lot of people are watching very closely. I posted about the case on my company's blog the other day and the case and its implications have been covered widely in the media. The most recent development is that Apple has filed … [Read more...] about FBI vs Apple: A Bit Of Light Reading