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Submission + - Apple Launches Legal Challenge Against UK Government Demand to Access Data (theguardian.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Apple has launched a new legal challenge against a UK government demand to access its customers’ highly encrypted data, a year after the Home Office agreed to abandon its previous request. The US tech company launched the legal complaint last month at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), an independent court that has the power to investigate claims that the UK intelligence services have acted unlawfully. The UK government had made a second request to Apple to grant it a “back door” to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users, according to an order issued by the court.

Britain backed down on its original demand for access to data from UK and US customers last year, after a heated transatlantic tussle over encryption between London and Washington. UK authorities subsequently issued a new “technical capability notice” (TCN) to Apple that did not apply to American users. Apple is seeking to challenge the British government’s powers to issue TCNs under the UK Investigatory Powers Act, according to the details of the new legal case first reported by the Financial Times. [...] The original TCN issued last year asked Apple for the right to see users’ encrypted data protected by its advanced data protection (ADP) program in the event of a national security risk.

Apple said the removal of the tool – which not even it can access – would make users more vulnerable to data breaches from bad actors and other threats to customer privacy. Creating a “back door” would also mean all data was accessible by Apple, which it could be forced to share with law enforcement possessing a warrant. As a result, Apple withdrew UK customers’ access to its ADP program in January 2025. The Home Office has maintained that the Investigatory Powers Act, under which such orders are issued, contains robust safeguards and is used only when absolutely necessary.

Submission + - China bans recessed door handles (theguardian.com)

Submitted by cantle2000
cantle2000 writes: China has announced a ban on hidden or retractable door handles, following a history of the handles not working during EV fires. The question is, should Australia and other countries also follow this?? (Because sleek door handles look so cool).

Submission + - SpaceXAI and Starlink X Accounts Hacked, Abused to Promote scams (spamreports.report)

Submitted by D,Petkow
D,Petkow writes: Another day, another twitter/X scam, but this time involving the official gold-verified accounts of both SPACEX and STARLINK, and another gold-verified account, which is now suspended.

An account called "Sam Catman" somehow obtained an official SpaceXAI-affiliated *gold* badge and posted promotion for a new meme coin on Robinhood Chain.
Shortly afterward, the verified @SpaceXAI and Starlink accounts reposted it, giving the scam instant credibility to millions of followers.
The token pumped hard before the expected rug pull. The original posts have since been deleted.
As of now, there has been zero official acknowledgment or statement from SpaceXAI, Starlink, or Elon Musk about how a high-profile corporate account cluster was compromised so easily — or how the "official affiliate" badge system was abused.

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As a result more than 120 000 USD have been stolen and laundered (so far), how convenient.
Classic reminder that even the biggest names in tech can get owned by a cartoon cat shilling a concurrency "memecoin". The gold badge was apparently worth its weight in rug residue.

The lack of transparency also says plenty, as if never of this ever happened.

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