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Apple Warns Proposed UK Law Could 'Secretly Veto' Global User Protections
Apple is "deeply concerned" that proposed changes to British surveillance legislation could give the U.K. government unprecedented powers to...
Apple is "deeply concerned" that proposed changes to British surveillance legislation could give the U.K. government unprecedented powers to secretly prevent software updates from being released in an any other country (via BBC News). The UK government is planning to update the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), which came into effect in 2016 and allows the British Home Office to outlaw certain encrypted services by issuing something called a Technical Capability Notice (TCN). Introducing an alternative, less stringent regulatory regime for the retention and examination of bulk personal datasets where individuals have little or no expectation of privacy (such as publicly available online telephone directories).
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