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Pressure grows to hold secret Apple privacy hearing in public

US politicians, civil rights campaigners, and the BBC are urging that a High Court hearing about Apple and the UK government be public due to its security implications.
The UK government seeks access to customer data protected by Apple’s Advanced Data Protection program for national security reasons.
Civil liberties groups argue that public interest demands transparency, stating that holding the hearing in secret ignores global privacy issues.
Apple is legally challenging the UK government's demand to access customers' data protected by its Advanced Data Protection program.

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Pressure grows to hold secret Apple privacy hearing in public

Civil liberties campaigners have joined US politicians and the BBC in saying Friday's hearing should not be secret.

23 days ago·United Kingdom

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TechCrunch

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Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge

Privacy rights groups have called on Apple's legal challenge to a secret U.K. government order asking it to backdoor an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE)

23 days ago·United States

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Neowin

Rights groups demand public hearing on Apple's appeal over the UK's secret iCloud backdoor

As expected, Apple will contest the UK mandate for an iCloud backdoor at tomorrow's secret hearing, a move that rights groups say should be open.

23 days ago

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Index on Censorship

Rights groups call for Apple's closed appeal against the Home Office's encryption-breaching order to be opened to the public - Index on Censorship

Responding to news that Apple will be before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on Friday, representatives from Big Brother Watch, Index on Censorship, and Open Rights Group have written to President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the Rt Hon Lord Justice Singh, calling for the case to be made public. The letter states that the “case implicates the privacy rights of millions of British citizens who use Apple’s technology, as well as Apple’s…

23 days ago

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The Record by Recorded Future

Calls grow for UK to move secret Apple encryption court hearing to public session

In a joint letter on Thursday to Lord Justice Singh, a collection of British civil liberties groups asked him to use his discretion to open the hearing to the public, arguing that doing so would not prejudice national security.

23 days ago

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openrightsgroup.org

Make the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on Apple Encryption a Public Hearing

Rights groups call for Apple’s closed appeal against the Home Office’s encryption-breaching order to be opened to the public. Responding to news that Apple will be before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on Friday, representatives from Big Brother Watch, Index on Censorship, and Open Rights Group have written to President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the Rt Hon Lord Justice Singh, calling for the case to be made public. Read the lett…

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