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Apple, Meta Oppose Canadian Bill Threatening Encryption

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Apple and Meta are voicing strong opposition to a proposed bill in Canada, known as Bill C-22. The tech giants argue that if passed, the legislation would compel them to weaken encryption standards or implement backdoors into their systems. This could compromise user data security and privacy. AI

IMPACT Legislation impacting encryption standards could have downstream effects on AI development and deployment that rely on secure data handling.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

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    LINKS 9to5mac.com/…/apple-pushes-back-against-c…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Apple Warns Canada's Bill C-22 Could Force Encryption Backdoors Apple and Meta have opposed a Canadian bill that the companies say could force them to create ba

    Apple Warns Canada's Bill C-22 Could Force Encryption Backdoors Apple and Meta have opposed a Canadian bill that the companies say could force them to create backdoor access to encrypted user data, should it pass through the country's parliament. Proposed by Canada's ruling Liber…

    LINKS macrumors.com/…/apple-warns-canada-bill-f…

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