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Apple Expresses Deep Concern about the British Government's Proposed Legislation to Strengthen Network Surveillance

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Apple has expressed "deep concern" about the British government's proposed legislation to strengthen network surveillance, saying that the bill may give the government unprecedented power to secretly prevent any security updates from being released in other countries around the world.

According to a new report by China's Soft Media, the British government is planning to amend the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) enacted in 2016, which is scheduled to be submitted to the House of Lords for debate on Tuesday. The bill allows the Home Office to disable certain encryption services by issuing a "Technical Capability Notice" (TCN). The latest revision of the bill, which critics call a "snooper's charter", may also allow the Home Office to block without notifying the public. Security and privacy updates.

The revised proposals include:

  • Creates a new internet connection to record usage conditions to aid "target identification".
  • Introduce an alternative, less regulatory regime for the retention and inspection of bulk data sets of personal information where there is low or no expectation of privacy for individuals (such as publicly available online telephone directories).
  • A new notification requirement can be issued to selected telecommunications operators requiring them to inform the government of proposed changes to their products or services that may negatively impact an agency's existing ability to lawfully obtain data.

 

Apple strongly objects to requirements to notify the Home Office of any changes to product security features before launch, to requirements for non-UK companies to comply with changes that may affect the globalization of their products, and to taking immediate action without review when asked to disable or block features or appeals process requirements.

Apple said in a statement: "We are deeply concerned about the amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill currently before Parliament, which will put the privacy and security of users at risk. This is an unprecedented overreach by the government and, if implemented, the UK New user protections could be secretly vetoed globally, preventing us from ever delivering them to customers."

In July 2023, Apple said in a letter to the Interior Department that the proposed changes "would stifle innovation, stifle commerce, and make the Interior Department the de facto global arbiter of what levels of data security and encryption are allowed." ” The company also said it would rather pull services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK than compromise on future security issues.

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