Experts React to UK Proposal to Destroy Digital Privacy
Updated on February 10, 2025 The Washington Post reported that the United Kingdom Government has secretly ordered Apple to weaken end-to-end encryption for data stored
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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
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.”
DMA: To Preserve Robust Mobile Security, Policymakers Should Heed the Important Security Lessons From the ActiveX Era of the Internet
We’ve previously explained the many challenges European regulators face in implementing the Digital Markets Act (DMA), especially as it relates to the security consequences of downloading mobile apps from untrusted sources. In this piece, we go deeper to examine lessons from a similar well-meaning approach and architecture from the 1990’s — a technology framework called ActiveX that enabled software applications to be downloaded from third-party sources to bridge the gap that separated web pages from Microsoft’s operating system.
How Companies Can Drive a More Resilient and Trustworthy Supply Chain
As the world becomes more focused on, and aware of, the ways social and environmental issues are impacted by the many decisions companies make, the importance of ensuring a reliable and resilient supply chain that is ethical and consistent with consumer and company values has become clear.
Trusted Future Announces James Lamond as New Executive Director
Trusted Future is excited to announce that current Deputy Executive Director James Lamond will be the organization’s new Executive Director, following the departure of current Executive Director Ken Gude. The transition will be effective September 1, 2023.
Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights Request for Comment
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on addressing the critical issues at the intersection of privacy, equity, and civil rights. We are delighted to be able to respond and provide a perspective based on our research and experience.
DMA Implementation Workshop on App Stores – Hard to Square the Circle
The European Commission is moving forward on its implementation of the recently passed Digital Markets Act (DMA). To this end, it is holding a series of
DMA Interoperability Ambitions Need to be Tempered by Reality
As the European Union and member states move forward with implementing the ambitious Digital Markets Act (DMA), they face some big challenges in terms of