Tag: Cybersecurity
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Four strategies to defend encryption and our human rights
When we fight for encryption, we fight for human rights. It enables us to stay safe online, and communicate privately and freely. Yet governments keep pushing to undermine it, and companies are caving in. Here are four ways encryption advocates can push back. …
21 October 2021
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Apple taking pause after civil society calls to shelve on-device image hash scanning
Apple’s plan to implement client-side scanning is not a viable or proportionate solution to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online. The plan circumvents end-to-end encryption and puts everyone’s privacy and security at risk by reducing individuals’ control over their own devices.…
3 September 2021
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To protect human rights, identify and disrupt Australia’s “hacking bill”
The Australian “Identify and Disrupt” Bill is inching closer to passage. While the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has identified the surveillance overreach in the bill, it has not sufficiently disrupted its powers. In the absence…
17 August 2021
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Access Now urges Apple to restore trust by rolling back plans to circumvent end-to-end encryption on its devices
Apple’s plan to implement client-side scanning is not a viable or proportionate solution to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online. The plan circumvents end-to-end encryption and puts everyone’s privacy and security at risk by reducing individuals’ control over their own devices.…
10 August 2021
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In Asia, parliaments must protect rights online — or lose democracy
As parliaments across Asia convene, governments continue pushing deeply flawed laws and policies, while relegating digital rights to the sidelines. Here’s what’s happening in India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, and why members of parliament must take action to protect our rights before any more damage is done. …
26 July 2021
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Strengthening civil society’s defenses: Digital Security Helpline hits 10,000 cases
The Digital Security Helpline is a lifeline that supports at-risk groups and individuals from civil society. Read “Strengthening civil society’s defenses: what Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has learned from its first 10,000 cases.”…
7 June 2021
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At U.N. meeting, Access Now stresses cybersecurity must center and protect civil society
At a meeting Tuesday of the United Nations Open-ended Working Group (OEWG), we provided civil society input on a proposed report that addresses cybersecurity. We strongly support the OEWG report, but we believe governments can do better.…
10 March 2021
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Ley Especial de Ciberdelitos en Nicaragua: la opresión se traslada al mundo en línea
El lunes 28 de septiembre de 2020, diputados de la bancada sandinista presentaron ante la Asamblea Nacional el proyecto de Ley Especial de Ciberdelitos dirigido a prevenir, investigar, perseguir y sancionar los delitos cometidos por medio del uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación. La ambigüedad en sus términos y los delitos que crea (como la difusión de noticias falsas) implican un nuevo intento del gobierno de Nicaragua para controlar y perseguir a disidentes.…
30 September 2020
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New U.N. “Roadmap” on tech: only useful if we drive “digital cooperation” forward
What role can the United Nations play in shaping the future of digital rights? A new Roadmap for Digital Cooperation aims to galvanize efforts to “connect, respect, and protect people in the digital age.” Will it work?…
23 June 2020
