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The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) has passed a resolution mandating the group advocate for a law that would force people to provide electronic passwords to police with judge’s consent. CACP President Chief Clive Weighill and Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau, noted the reasons behind the decision. “Police services across the world are facing new challenges and threats related to technological developments and the criminal innovation that has ensued,” sai

The news that Canada’s police chiefs are advocating for federal laws that would compel individuals to provide electronic passwords with a judge’s consent isn’t sitting well with some members of Canada’s IT community. Earlier this week at its annual conference in Ottawa, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) passed a resolution that formally requests legal measures to lawfully unlock digital evidence, citing the rise of cybercriminals who are using encryption too

The European Commission to looking to tighten its regulatory grip on US-based tech companies which are slowly replacing traditional telcos in the services they provide. According to documents seen by the Financial Times (FT), the EUwill further tighten its grip on over-the-top services. Under the new regime, companies like Facebook owned Whatsapp and Skype owner Microsoft will be forced to comply with requests for data from law enforcement agencies. The documents seen by the

Hard on the heels of the Clash of Kings hack, an attacker has reportedly hit the popular online multiplayer game Dota 2, managing to compromise almost two million accounts. The heist was carried out on a Dota 2 member forum on July 10, with the perps making off with user names, emails and IP addresses. The hit has just come to light thanks to a copy of the leaked database showing up on breach notification site LeakedSource.com. The data also includes hashed passwords that use

Developers patched the software running the official online forum of online battle game Dota 2, after nearly 2 million accounts registered to the forum were stolen last July. While players of Valve Corporation's online battle arena game Dota 2 were busy fighting each other for supremacy, a real-life adversary recently pulled off his own conquest, stealing 1,923,972 account records from the official Dota 2 forum's database. Unfortunately, this yet again demonstrates that 'good

Deleted WhatsApp chat messages may be easy to recover, according to a security researcher. Jonathan Zdziarski said in a blog post that a flaw in the messaging app could leave forensic traces of chat messages after they have been deleted, cleared or archived. “The latest version of the app tested leaves forensic trace of all of your chats, even after you've deleted, cleared, or archived them… even if you ‘Clear All Chats',” said Jonathan Zdziarski. “In fact, the only way to ge

Experts predict Theresa May's rise to PM will give the Snooper's Charter an easier ride. With Theresa May becoming Prime Minister, the Investigatory Powers Bill (IP Bill), which she championed as Home Secretary, raises serious questions as it heads to becoming law. The controversial plan to put surveillance on a stronger legal footing would compel internet service providers to store people's web browsing histories for up to one year, and force software providers to build back

Everyone wants encryption of IM, chat and email… What's your secret? Encrypted instant messaging is the latest trend, from apps like BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), Telegram and Signal to Wire, Wickr and Surespot. Not forgetting Apple's iMessage and FaceTime. Before we know it, everything will be encrypted. It mostly already is. Encryption often crops up when talking about criminals, usually painted as a tool for terrorism, but that's just spin from power grabbing politicians – w