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UK Is Banning Apple Watch From Cabinet Meetings Over Russian Hacking Fears (techweekeurope.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the internet-of-things dept.

Mickeycaskill quotes a report from TechWeekEurope UK: Ministers have been forbidden to wear the Apple Watch during cabinet meetings due to the risk they could be hacked by Russian agents, according to a report. Prime minister Theresa May imposed the new rules following several high-profile hacks that have been blamed on Russia. Several cabinet ministers previously wore the Apple Watch, including former Justice Secretary Michael Gove. Mobile phones have already been banned due to similar concerns. Politically motivated hackers have caused disruption in several recent incidents, including the hack of the Democratic National Committee, which resulted in the release of a large cache of internal emails. One of the paper's sources said: "The Russians are trying to hack everything."

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  1. Russia Playing Catch Up To Corporations by rtb61 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So if Russia can hack into those meetings that would already imply that Apple could hack into those meetings but some how Apple being able to hack in, is OK but Russia is a no no. Could that be because Russia is having a fun time publishing the results of the hacks, whilst Apple keeps them secret and buys off the corrupt politicians they discover.

    Any and all of the information, that can be hacked off those system by government agencies from any where in the world, obviously can be well and truly 'hacked' (hacked not quite the accurate word to reflect the purposeful design functions of that software), by the supplying corporation.

    Take the stupid of politicians wanting to keep secrets by using public email accounts, seriously how could any one be that stupid, unless they had information from the corporation that their secrets would be kept, well, as long as they continued to accept money and toed the line.

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  2. Just an excuse. by LTIfox · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually their primary concern is with NSA. Russian hacking is a good excuse for the ban: no need to explain to Americans why they don't trust them.