- Liberty and Privacy International also issue a separate urgent application to make public secret hearing over Apple data protection order
- Groups say UK Government move sets ‘dangerous global precedent’ that puts marginalised groups at risk
- Billions of people’s data protection is threatened by use of clause in Investigatory Powers Act, say human rights lawyers at Leigh Day
Two activist groups launch a legal challenge against the UK's bid to force Apple to create a data “backdoor”, arguing it would breach consumers' privacy rights.
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https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5547/our-challenge-against-uks-secret-tcn-powers
Stormy1701@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
It doesn’t just breach them. It screws them up and throws them away.
Fortunately it’s not as gloomy as it seems at first glance.
There are three types of people.The ones that say If you’ve got nothing to hide then you’ve got nothing to worry about. These people don’t care that government can and is looking at their personal data.
Then there are the people that care but not enough to actually do anything about it. They still use iCloud or Google Drive without encryption, they use Windows and Facebook and/or Twitter.
Then there the people that actually had ADP enabled. They DO care about privacy. They already stay away from “Big Tech” like Apple, Google and Microsoft. They use as many end-to-end encrypted services as possible and keep their most private data stored encrypted locally. They don’t use Windows and have a privacy respecting operating system on their phone.
This bill only really affects group three and we’re already taking steps to keep our lives as private as possible without going totally off-grid.
Yes the Online Safety Act is dangerous, Orwellian and it should be stopped. But at least it’s brought the conversation about the states mass surveillance and people’s right to privacy front and center.