Now the FBI LIKES iMessage Encryption - MOSK: 12.05.2024

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🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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- FBI and CISA Suggest End-to-End Encrypted Comms for Everyone - The Information: Apple and Baidu Encounter Hurdles on the Way to Apple Intelligence in China - Wired Posts Wide-Ranging Interview with Tim Cook - Apple Launches Passwords Add-On for Firefox - Apple TV+ Announces February Premier for “Berlin ER” - Bad guys and A.I. may try to wreck your holiday shopping. Be prepared with Checklist No. 402 - Avoiding Shopping Scams 2024, brought to you by SecureMac - online at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Chat with us in Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: [email protected] or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	The FBI has an interesting idea.
0:11.5	The latest on Apple Intelligence and China.
0:15.1	And I'm an TV watcher.
0:19.0	It is Thursday, the 5th of December, 2024.
0:23.1	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:28.8	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you.
0:34.6	Patrons through Patreon.
0:37.7	Find out more in that your support at patreon.com slash macOScan.
0:46.5	Remember how Apple was the bad guy in the eyes of the FBI for enabling end-end encryption
0:51.9	without a backdoor for the good guys?
0:55.6	What a difference a major breach in telecommunications can make?
0:59.8	According to a piece from Apple Insider, the FBI and CISA,
1:04.2	the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency,
1:08.2	say that Americans should use encrypted apps such as iMessage and FaceTime to be
1:13.9	safe from foreign hackers. Why? Well, China. Apple Insider says the advice comes from the two
1:22.8	agencies in the face of China's ongoing salt typhoon hack. You probably heard something about that, though we've not talked about it here.
1:31.4	Summing up quickly.
1:32.9	Thanks again to Apple Insider.
1:35.4	Hackers tied to the Chinese government compromised the law enforcement wiretap network
1:39.8	of U.S. telecom companies, and security analysts aren't sure how bad it is yet. Hold on a second.
1:46.5	Are you saying a backdoor built for good guys was used by bad guys? I didn't think that was possible.
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