U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, along with four other federal lawmakers, said in a letter this week to the president of the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) that it is “in the public ...

National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its ...

Under the Investigatory Powers Act, the Technical Capability Notice issued by the government cannot be discussed by Apple in the UK or anywhere else in the world. The senators and representatives say ...

Their letter comes as the IPT is preparing to hear closed-door arguments from Apple, which is challenging a notice requiring it to extend UK law enforcement’s existing access to encrypted data ...