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Title: Investigatory Powers Act a serious threat to global privacy, says Apple Post by: HCK on September 03, 2023, 04:05:08 pm Investigatory Powers Act a serious threat to global privacy, says Apple
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Investigatory-Powers-Act.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] says that plans to increase the scope and powers of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act is “a serious and direct threat to data <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">security[/url] and information <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">privacy[/url]” – not just to British citizens, but to all tech users worldwide.</p> <p>The company says that the British government is trying to make itself “the de facto global arbiter of what level of data security and encryption are permissible” after a report last week noted that companies like <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/24/apple-security-updates-ban/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple could be banned from issuing security updates[/url] without permission …</p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/29/investigatory-powers-act-apple-response/#more-903641" data-post-id="903641" data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="aapl,privacy,security" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: Investigatory Powers Act a serious threat to global privacy, says Apple (https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/29/investigatory-powers-act-apple-response/) |