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Password encryption may not fall under US Fifth Amendment

09

Jun

2017

The Fifth Amendment in the US has been used by defendants to protect themselves from divulging information that could incriminate them in an investigation — passwords and passcodes included. However, suspects can be forced by law enforcement to reveal their passwords for electronic devices as it doesn’t violate the amendment.

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China’s strict cyber law takes effect Thursday, alarms businesses

31

May

2017

The strict Chinese web content law known as “The Great Firewall” doesn’t seem to be enough. The increasing number of cyberattacks targeting governments, businesses and institutions across the globe has scared Chinese officials into re-thinking the vague cybersecurity laws. Already passed in November, China’s controversial cybersecurity law will come into force on June 1.

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Google, Apple, Twitter in large group backing Microsoft over ‘gag orders’

05

Sep

2016

Many civil rights groups, trade bodies and companies, including Google, Amazon, Cisco Systems, Apple and Twitter, have filed briefs in a federal court to back Microsoft’s move to prevent the indiscriminate use by U.S. law enforcement of orders that force companies not to inform their users about requests for their data. Under the Stored Communications […]

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