Papers Archives - TRUSTED FUTURE

WHEN INTEROPERABILITY MANDATES WEAKEN SECURITY – JIT HAPPENS

Holy Cow! We looked at the very first interoperability request publicly posted as part
of Europe’s Digital Markets Act’s (DMA) new interoperability rules and it’s a digital doozy that would enable serious new security threats. A developer has requested that under the DMA’s new interoperability rules, Apple should provide it with direct access to features of its Just-In-Time Compiler or JIT engine – which is a core capability built into all major browser engines.

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Submission to Consultation On Possible Canada-European Digital Trade Agreement

Our submission is grounded in the belief that we deserve a vibrant digital ecosystem that is trusted, responsible, inclusive, and safe. Any Canada-EU Digital Trade Agreement (DTA) should help enable that vision.

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Consumer Protection in the Digital Age: Four Lessons From Experts

Trusted Future recently hosted a conversation focused on efforts to digital financial scams and fraud. Participants discussed how to combat fraud, build a more trustworthy

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Three Problems With the New Digital Markets Act Fines and Interoperability Regulatory Measures

Today, the European Commission issued its first fines under the controversial Digital Markets Act.

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Signalgate, and NSA warnings about Signal vulnerabilities, highlight the inherent vulnerabilities in the EU’s latest interoperability rules   

These couple weeks have proven to be a powerful reminder of the power of encrypted messaging apps, and the equally significant harm to national security when someone unwittingly gains access to important private conversations.  

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The EU Takes Another Step Back on Privacy and Security

As we warned they might do, today, under the guise of advancing interoperability, EU regulators have taken another major step backwards when it comes to

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Experts React to UK Proposal to Destroy Digital Privacy

The Washington Post reported that the United Kingdom Government has secretly ordered Apple to weaken end-to-end encryption for data stored in iCloud, forcing the company to create a backdoor to its fully encrypted data. Once a backdoor is created, it can be exploited by anyone who finds it. If the reporting is accurate, it represents an incredibly dangerous overreach that threatens to put the security of millions of people’s data at risk.

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New Interoperability Mandates Exemplify the Problems with DMA Rather Than Fixing Them

Many people may have missed it, but just ahead of the holidays, the European Commission proposed specific new interoperability mandates under the Digital Markets Act

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The Global IT Crisis and Third Party Vulnerabilities

This week’s global IT crisis affecting businesses around the world should be a wake up call to us all. DMA requirements for mandatory third party access to the operating system will make personal smartphones and tablets vulnerable to new and currently unimaginable emerging threats.

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Taking Spyware and Other Mobile Threats Seriously

Last March, in the forward to the White House Cybersecurity strategy, the President wrote, “[W]hen we pick up our smart phones to keep in touch with loved ones, log on to social media to share our ideas with one another, or connect to the Internet to run a business, we need the ability to trust that the underlying digital ecosystem is safe, reliable, and secure.”

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