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Apple has expressed strong opposition to the proposed amendments to the UK's Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), highlighting concerns over user privacy,

The UK government will soon launch an large scale advertisement campaign attacking end-to-end encryption by highlighting harms to children.

Proton, the privacy startup behind e2e encrypted ProtonMail, confirms passing 50M users End-to-end encrypted email provider ProtonMail has officially confirmed it’s passed 50 million users globally as it turns seven years old. It’s a notable milestone for a services provider that intentionally does not have a data business — opting instead for a privacy pledge based on zero access architecture that means it has no way to decrypt the contents of ProtonMail users’ emails. Although, to be ...

The U.K. government has the power to force Facebook to strip end-to-end encryption from apps such as WhatsApp - but is it willing to do so?

Getty Images / WIRED The UK is planning a new attack on end-to-end encryption, with the Home Office set to spearhead efforts designed to discourage Facebook from further rolling out the technology to its messaging apps. Home Secretary Priti Patel is planning to deliver a keynote speech at a child protection charity’s event focused on exposing the perceived ills of end-to-end encryption and asking for stricter regulation of the technology. At the same time a new report will say that technology...