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Category: Encryption
25 Groups Object to Graham-Blumenthal Anti-Encryption EARNIT Act
25 civil society groups, led by the Open Technology Institute at New America and including Oakland Privacy, sent a letter objecting to the EARNIT Act, which seeks to weaken encryption standards. The letter states: “By setting the stage for adoption…
Cracking I-Phones in Alameda
Logs received from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department show that a Cellebrite tool was used 30 times between October of 2018 and July of 2019 to access the contents of encrypted Apple devices.