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The US, UK, and Australia are putting pressure on Facebook to create a backdoor in its encrypted messaging apps that would allow the governments to access encrypted texts. The open letter, obtained by BuzzFeedNews, has been signed by the US attorney general Bill Barr, US acting secretary of homeland security, UK home secretary, and the Australian […]
It’s another day and another bunch of reports that say more dark clouds have come over Huawei. The Chinese company has already become infamous after the US government put it on the Entity list — stopping Huawei from doing business with American companies. Now, a new collection of leaked documents allege that Huawei has secretly […]
The Huawei US ban controversy, which has been going on for the last couple of months, might finally be coming to a standstill soon. It’s now a known secret that the US government will allow the Chinese firm to do business on US soil. But this perk does bring some twists for Huawei. The company […]
Just when it seemed it was all over for Huawei, the latest report from Reuters claims that the US government has issued a temporary license to the company. The license will enable Huawei to continue its current operations with US-based companies including Google, Intel, etc. That way, the company will be able to support its […]
Short Bytes: Very often governments ask the tech companies to provide the personal information of their customers and force them to remain silent. Taking a stand against the DOJ in a similar matter, Microsoft has sued the U.S. government over its unconstitutional practices of secret data requests. Microsoft has taken a stand against the way […]
US authorities announced charges against seven Iranian hackers for attacking computer systems atUS authorities announced charges against seven Iranian hackers for attacking computer systems at banks and a dam in New York. banks and a dam in New York. A couple of days after the US DoJ announced that three components of the Syrian Electronic Armywere inserted […]
(Credit: Reuters/Bobby Yip) Short Bytes : The White House has rejected a petition with more than 167,000 signatures to pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden. In an official statement, it was said that Snowden should come back to the U.S. to face consequences of his actions. Rejecting the pardon request, the U.S. government has called actions “dangerous.” […]