This month in the alerts privacy: Apple vs FBI ups heats, the game gets GCHQ hacking, and more. Here are the stories that we have recently discovered that you should want to know.
FBI and Apple Square Off in iPhone Unlocking legal battle
a judge of the state of California introduced Apple with a court order requiring the technology giant to help the FBI to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the attackers of San Bernardino. Apple CEO Tim Cook said his firm opposition to the court order, warning against the dangerous precedent following the court order would establish, stressing ways in which the order of the court threatens privacy and consumer safety. Read more ...
Result FBI Battle With Apple could Dismantle Privacy Shield 
the United States and the European Union agreed on the Privacy Shield will replace Safe Harbor. The Privacy Shield governs the protection of transatlantic data, but it is the implementation could come to a screeching halt pending the results of Apple FBI case. the trust of the current EU in the United States is apparently very low. The Privacy Shield can still come out unscathed, but if the FBI if Apple goes on the side, it will have huge implications on data from negotiations between the US and the EU moving forward. Read more ...
GCHQ Computer Hacking Ruled Legal 
Campaigners Privacy International has lost the case he filed against GCHQ. The case was filed due to mass surveillance revelations of Edward Snowden, and questioned the legality of GCHQ hacking practices. For the first time, GCHQ has confirmed that hack devices both in the UK and abroad. It has been revealed that the pirates GCHQ secretly and remotely turn on the cameras of the camera and microphones, keep logs keystrokes, install malicious software, make copies of documents, and monitor the owners of locations. Despite the scale of piracy practices, however, the judges of the Tribunal Investigatory Powers again ruled in favor of GCHQ. Read more ...
EFF Granted Discovery in the case against NSA 
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has won a major victory in its fight against mass surveillance. EFF was granted discovered in his lawsuit against the NSA, a legal battle that began 11 years ago after a former AT & T employee indicated that the NSA has been involved in citizen mass surveillance. Discovery will require the NSA to disclose relevant information to the court which has been kept secret. Read more ...
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