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Jim Killock
@jim@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

BREAKING
Senator #RonWyden gets a refusal to deny that there are #encryption #backdoors at #Google from the UK government under the #IPAct

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/29/uk-encryption-backdoor-wyden-letter-gabbard/

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tsk
@tasket@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@jim#deGoogle
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Jim Killock
@jim@social.openrightsgroup.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

“When my office asked Google about backdoor demands from the U.K., the company did not answer the question, only stating that if it had received [such a demand], it would be prohibited from disclosing that fact.”
#encryption

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Jim Killock
@jim@social.openrightsgroup.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

This contrasts with #WhatsApp who say they have not - and is the same as #Apple - who also refused to confirm or deny, saying if they had, it would be illegal for them to comment.

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Jim Killock
@jim@social.openrightsgroup.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

Full letter is now published here https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-dni-followup-uk-surveillance_002pdf.pdf#IPAct #encryption

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Jesper Lund
@je5perl@eupolicy.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@jim Essentially a warrant canary until the UK government prohibits any service provider from speaking about TCNs
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