Lady G leads the charge

[Pigeon]

Farewell to privacy: Lindsay Graham unveils a bill that would make encryption useless
The bill "[mis]understands how encryption works. You can't create a backdoor just for 'good guys,'" one expert says

Republican senators on Tuesday introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data (LAED) Act, a bill that if passed would require technology companies to allow law enforcement to access encrypted data in order to carry out their warrants.

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[Royal]

Backdoors are just made. They are not suppose to talk about it.

[Pigeon]

The FBI will put pressure on people at those companies to get what the government wants. Those multi shot suicides are nasty.

This talk of them will be used to say they are not compromised, after the software is compromised.

I am sure they learned something from the faulty RNG attempt.

[Pigeon]

Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Other Major Tech Companies Decry Republican Bill Seeking To Break Encryption

In response to the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data (LAED) Act proposed by three Republican senators, Big Tech companies have registered their opposition through their Reform Government Surveillance coalition. From a report:

They said that building encryption backdoors would jeopardize the sensitive data of billions of users and "leave all Americans, businesses, and government agencies dangerously exposed to cyber threats from criminals and foreign adversaries." They also pointed out that as the pandemic has forced everyone to rely on the internet "in critical ways," digital security is paramount and strong encryption is the way forward. The coalition's members are Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Snap, Verizon Media, Dropbox, and Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. The coalition was established in December 2013, a few months after documents about the United States' PRISM data collection program were leaked.

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[Royal]

What's your opinion on the TikTok app?

[Pigeon]

I don't have in depth knowledge. But given it's origin, I would be suspicious.

[Royal]

I don't have in depth knowledge. But given it's origin, I would be suspicious.

You should research the people who research the app and you should post on it.

[Pigeon]

You should research the people who research the app and you should post on it.

Given you asked, why don't you do the research.

[Royal]

India blocks TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps that the government says pose a security threat
Rosie Perper Jun 29, 2020, 7:27 PM

India on Monday blocked dozens of Chinese apps, including the popular viral video app TikTok, in order to "ensure safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace."

In total, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology listed 59 mobile apps that it said posed a security threat.

"In view of information available, they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of state and public order," the statement said.

The ministry said that it received "many complaints" about mobile apps available on both iOS and Android platforms that have been accused of "stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India."

"The compilation of these data, its mining, and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defense of India ... is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures," the ministry said.

Among the companies listed is TikTok — which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance that has come under scrutiny in recent months over reports of ties to the Chinese Communist Party and allegations of censorship on its platform. Earlier this year, several US government agencies banned TikTok over concerns about cybersecurity.

TikTok is one of the most downloaded phone apps in the world and has already entered more than 150 global markets, with India being one of its most active regions. According to the Economic Times, the app claims to have 200 million users in India, with about 120 million monthly active users.

Other major Chinese apps banned by India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology include WeChat, Weibo, and QQ, an instant messaging service owned by Chinese internet giant Tencent.

In a statement on Tuesday morning local time, Nikhil Gandhi, head of TikTok India, said that the company was "in the process of complying" with India's ban.

"We have been invited to meet with concerned government stakeholders for an opportunity to respond and submit clarifications," the Gandhi said. "TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law and has not shared any information of our users in India with any foreign government, including the Chinese government."

"Further, if we were requested to in the future we would not do so," Gandhi added.

The move follows major clashes between India and China earlier this month along a disputed border shared between the two countries. During the standoff in the Galwan River Valley at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed.

Satellite photos released Monday showed a buildup of troops along both sides of the border.



https://www.businessinsider.com/india-b ... rns-2020-6

[Pigeon]

India just did it because of their border war with China.