The development could bring an abrupt end to the high - stakes legal showdown which has become a lightning rod for a broader
debate on data privacy in the United States, which was inflamed by revelations in 2013 from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden about the U.S. government's massive surveillance programs.
Not exact matches
The hearing, set for Tuesday, is the latest development in a showdown between Apple and the U.S. government that has become a lightning rod in the national
debate over digital
privacy and what kind of
data on phones and personal devices should be accessible by law enforcement.
Discovery of
Privacy Breaches
on Facebook Puts New Emphasis
on Debate Over Personal
Data Protection
Ever since the famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden leaked the significant information of behind the door
data snooping
on encrypted systems by local government, public
privacy via encryption has been a heated topic of
debate in the United States.
The inability of law enforcement authorities to access
data from electronic devices due to powerful encryption is an «urgent public safety issue,» FBI Director Christopher Wray said
on Tuesday as he sought to renew a contentious
debate over
privacy and security.
Two years ago, around the time the second rumblings of
data mining were reverberating online, one of the major
debates on social media was the sharing of children's photos — how algorithms will only get smarter every year, and there will be little left of a child's right to
privacy.
The BJP's online showcase for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the NaMo App, which is under the spotlight in the wake of the
debate over
data privacy in social media, asks users to provide access to as many as 22 personal features
on their devices, including location, photographs and contacts, microphone and camera.
2004 promises to be a challenging one for everyone involved in real estate across Canada, with the federal government's increasing emphasis
on Competition Act compliance and the associated pressures
on commission rates and MLS policies; the implications of the new
Privacy Act; and the ongoing
debate about Internet
Data Exchanges (IDXs) and Virtual Office Websites (VOWs).