Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones | TechCrunch

The iPhone and iPad bug allowed law enforcement using forensic tools to read messages that had long been deleted by the Signal app.

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Google faces sanctions motion over systematic deletion of chat messages in antitrust case: State plaintiffs allege Google deliberately destroyed millions of chat messages to avoid discovery in ongoing ad tech litigation. https://ppc.land/google-faces-sanctions-motion-over-systematic-deletion-of-chat-messages-in-antitrust-case/ #Google #Antitrust #Sanctions #ChatMessages #Litigation
Google faces sanctions motion over systematic deletion of chat messages in antitrust case

State plaintiffs allege Google deliberately destroyed millions of chat messages to avoid discovery in ongoing ad tech litigation.

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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/open-letter-protect-encrypted-messaging/
"This software intercepts #chatmessages before they are encrypted…as the user is uploading…and therefore confidentiality of messages cannot be guaranteed. It would most likely breach #humanrights law…concerns have also been raised about…the EU’s proposed #ChildSexualAbuseRegulation, which an independent expert study warns is in contradiction to human rights rules…parliamentarians have all also warned of severe threats to human rights and of undermining #encryption."
Online Safety Bill: Civil society organisations urge UK to protect global digital security and safeguard private communication

Open letter to the UK government from over 80 national and international civil society organisations, academics and cyberexperts raising concerns about the serious threat to the security of private and encrypted messaging posed by the Online Safety Bill.

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