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US Authorities Indict a Canadian Telecom Provider in a Crypto Money Laundering Case With Encrypted Phones

A communications provider is in legal trouble with the U.S. authorities for a money laundering case involving cryptocurrencies. A federal court incited Sky Global for allegedly having facilitated criminal organizations to launder millions worth in crypto. Sky Global Is Also Accused of Remotely Destroying Devices to Avoid Seizing Per the filings, the Southern District of California stated that the…

Tactical Unmanned Systems Getting Encrypted Communications

Small unmanned aerial vehicles of the US military will be equipped with a robust, on-demand, highly-secure communications network that will address the growing electronic warfare capabilities of the country’s adversaries. The project will help the Army set new waveform standards that maximize c

The European Commission has begun taking more decisive steps toward secure, encrypted communications. But while all of these steps may be positive, not all of them are identical.

Recently, the EU executive has made it clear that staff should use the messaging app Signal, a less popular, but a potentially more secure competitor to WhatsApp. This comes after countries in the EU failed to agree on governing rules for WhatsApp (as well as for Skype), as part of discussions on the recent ePrivacy regulation. But at the same time, the European External Action Service (EEAS) has decided to create its own messaging platform for EU officials to use in their work across the world.

As the EEAS is the EU’s delegation to countries across the planet (including to dangerous crisis zones or states that potentially harbour ill-will), it is unsurprising they’ve opted for something more advanced than their EU commission counterparts.

Instructing their staff to steer clear of the EU Commission’s chosen platform, Signal, the EEAS has opted for a more tailored approach. While Signal is widely used and praised for its security and level of encryption, the EEAS believes it needs something even more advanced. Their sights are set on a secure, instant messaging tool to be used for exchanges of classified “EU restricted” information.

The application uses distributed hash tables (DHT) to establish communications. This technology eliminates the use of centralized registers (servers) and the retention of personal data. Jami is based on a distributed network technology, eliminating the need for servers. Mass surveillance can not be undertaken by the servers as there is not any.

Jami stores your secrets (private keys for encryption and identity) only on the device which executes it, which belongs to you. Your device is therefore the sole holder of your information.

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Tech Giants Led by Google, Facebook and Amazon Warn Australia Against Law to Break Encryption

  SIDNEY – Digital giants led by Google, Facebook and Amazon have warned Australia against passing a “fundamentally flawed” law allowing security services to spy on encrypted communications among suspected criminals and terrorists.

In a submission sent to parliament this week and made available to AFP Thursday, the Digital Industry Group Inc (DIGI) said the legislation proposed by Australia’s government would undermine rather than enhance the nation’s security.

The bill, currently under consideration by a parliamentary committee, would give security agencies wide powers to force telecommunications and technology companies to give them access to encrypted devices and messaging apps.

The conservative government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison has demanded the bill be passed into law before parliament goes into recess on December 6, saying a number of ongoing counter-terrorism investigations were being hindered by plotters’ use of encrypted messaging.

Authorities stepped up pressure for the bill’s urgent adoption after three men were arrested and charged two weeks ago for allegedly plotting an Islamist-inspired mass shooting attack in Melbourne using encrypted messaging applications to communicate.

The DIGI alliance, which also includes Twitter and Verizon’s Oath platforms, said the bill as written would force them to create vulnerabilities in their operations which could be exploited by bad actors.

“Deliberately creating a means of access to otherwise secure data will create weaknesses and vulnerabilities that, regardless of the good intentions at the time, will give an opportunity for other actors — including malicious ones — to access that same data,” they said.

Firms reject the notion that encryption can be both effective and broken when needed.

“That is a needle that cannot be threaded — you cannot break encryption without introducing a vulnerability into the whole system,” the alliance said.

The technology firms further complained that the proposed law did not include enough judicial safeguards against possible abuse by security agencies, and could force them to “take actions in Australia that violate laws of other countries in which they operate or have customers.”

The group suggested a series of amendments, including the need for all security agency demands to be approved by an independent judge; that they do not require providers to build weaknesses into their systems or products; or impose “new data retention and interception capabilities”.

It also said the demands could not require technology providers to do anything in Australia that would breach laws of other countries.

The DIGI submission noted that the proposed Australian law went significantly further than existing security legislation in the United States or Britain, and would clash with data privacy laws recently adopted in the European Union.

Australia is a member of the so-called “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance along with the US, Britain, Canada and New Zealand, and critics have suggested the new surveillance law could be a test case for toughening anti-encryption efforts in other countries.

The firms issued a veiled warning that adoption of the proposed law could lead major technology companies to end or restrict their activities in Australia.

“Australians may not have access to the best technology, because technology providers may choose not to sell to Australians and submit to this legislation,” they said.