"At least Florida’s SB 868/HB 743, “Social Media Use By Minors” bill isn’t beating around the bush when it states that it would require “social media platforms to provide a mechanism to decrypt end-to-end encryption when law enforcement obtains a subpoena.” Usually these sorts of sweeping mandates are hidden behind smoke and mirrors, but this time it’s out in the open: Florida wants a backdoor into any end-to-end encrypted social media platforms that allow accounts for minors. This would likely lead to companies not offering end-to-end encryption to minors at all, making them less safe online.

Encryption is the best tool we have to protect our communication online. It’s just as important for young people as it is for everyone else, and the idea that Florida can “protect” minors by making them less safe is dangerous and dumb.

The bill is not only privacy-invasive, it’s also asking for the impossible."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/floridas-new-social-media-bill-says-quiet-part-out-loud-and-demands-encryption

UK Court Rejects Secrecy in Apple’s iCloud Encryption Dispute with the UK Home Office

#ApplePrivacy #EndToEndEncryption #iCloudSecurity #iCloud #Surveillance #UK #Cybersecurity #DataProtection #Backdoors #OpenJustice #TechRegulation

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/07/uk-court-rejects-secrecy-in-apples-icloud-encryption-dispute-with-the-uk-home-office-xcxwbn/

They are all at it

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/eu_backdoor_encryption/

Our latest Cyber & Cognitive Conflict Compass (4C) is out: Austria busts Russian #disinfo, Serbia hit with #Pegasus spyware, Lazarus fakes job offers, FamousSparrow sharpens malware, UK rolls out #AI facial recognition and the German coalition talks discuss encryption #backdoors and expansive surveillance. #Cyber never sleeps.

https://internationalcybersecurity.substack.com/p/disinformation-data-breaches-and

"We don’t know what pressure the Trump administration is using to make intelligence services fall into line, but it isn’t crazy to worry that the NSA might again start monitoring domestic communications.

Because of the Signal chat leak, it’s less likely that they’ll use vulnerabilities in Signal to do that. Equally, bad actors such as drug cartels may also feel safer using Signal. Their security against the US government lies in the fact that the US government shares their vulnerabilities. No one wants their secrets exposed.

I have long advocated for a "defense dominant" cybersecurity strategy. As long as smartphones are in the pocket of every government official, police officer, judge, CEO, and nuclear power plant operator—and now that they are being used for what the White House now calls calls "sensitive," if not outright classified conversations among cabinet members—we need them to be as secure as possible. And that means no government-mandated backdoors.

We may find out more about how officials—including the vice president of the United States—came to be using Signal on what seem to be consumer-grade smartphones, in a apparent breach of the laws on government records. It’s unlikely that they really thought through the consequences of their actions.

Nonetheless, those consequences are real. Other governments, possibly including US allies, will now have much more incentive to break Signal’s security than they did in the past, and more incentive to hack US government smartphones than they did before March 24.

For just the same reason, the US government has urgent incentives to protect them."

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/the-signal-chat-leak-and-the-nsa.html

Are Encryption Backdoors Putting Your Organization at Risk?

In this clip, @sherridavidoff and @MDurrin explain why encryption backdoors are a nightmare for organizations, creating security gaps that cybercriminals can exploit.
Watch this full episode of Cyberside Chats to hear Sherri and Matt break down Apple’s battle against the UK’s demands for backdoor access, the worldwide backlash, and what it all means for cybersecurity professionals.

We'll cover:
Why backdoors are a double-edged sword for security
Historical backdoor failures that left organizations exposed
Pro tips to strengthen your security posture against evolving encryption policies

Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/5HhNKMIJkCQ
Listen to the podcast: https://www.chatcyberside.com/e/the-encryption-battle-security-savior-or-cyber-risk/

Best News of the Year: We've stopped a backdoor law in France

Encryption backdoors must never be allowed. We at Tuta will continue to fight against mass surveillance!

https://tuta.com/blog/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk

"In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting drug trafficking. Despite heavy pressure from the Interior Ministry, lawmakers voted Thursday night (article in French) to strike down a provision that would have forced messaging platforms like Signal and WhatsApp to allow hidden access to private conversations.

The vote is a victory for digital rights, for privacy and security, and for common sense.

The proposed law was a surveillance wishlist disguised as anti-drug legislation."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate

01net
Les députés ferment la porte aux écoutes de WhatsApp, Telegram et Signal par les forces de l’ordre
l’Assemblée nationale a voté contre le texte qui voulait imposer des portes dérobées aux messageries chiffrées – une mesure controversée qui mettrait à mal la confidentialité de nos conversations
https://mcinformactions.net/les-deputes-ferment-la-porte-aux-ecoutes-de-whatsapp-telegram-et-signal-par-les
#cybersurveillance #piratages #backdoors #chiffrement #AssembleeNationale

"The fundamental issue is simple: encryption is mathematics and mathematics doesn’t discriminate between a government investigator and a criminal hacker — a back door is a back door and if it’s there, anyone can enter.

There’s also a contradiction at play. If politicians dream of making the UK a technology hub they should not be working to undermine the foundations of cyber security, on which a workable tech industry relies.

The government should withdraw its misguided mandate. Instead of surreptitiously cutting the brake cables on the technological car, it should be working to strengthen security and privacy of the technology that forms the nervous system of our world. Business leaders must also take a role, making it clear that these dangerous moves are unacceptable, and pushing the companies they license technology from to deploy encryption, and other protections, without which their interests and those of their customers will be vulnerable.

We have ceded so many of the core operations of our lives and institutions to tech, we must recognise that strong encryption isn’t the enemy of security — it is security. The argument that weakening encryption will make any of us safer is as wrong as it is dangerous."

https://www.ft.com/content/a934150f-e0f5-4e75-a2d1-a3671ea52ca0

Can someone please point out to #Seytonic that this isn't new and that #Apple is not only able but very much willing to implement #Govware #Backdoors.

• And whilst you're at it: Recommend him to get off #Shitter and join the #Fediverse.

Pretty shure he'd be cool checking out infosec.exchange...

Bipartisan Members of Congress to UK Spy Court: UK Gag Orders for #Surveillance #Backdoors Threaten Americans’ Security and Privacy, Impede Congressional Oversight #Apple #TCN #ADP #iCloud #E2EE #IPT www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Bipartisan Members of Congress...