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Canada's Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, is criticized by the EFF and tech companies as a repackaged surveillance bill that mandates metadata retention and forces encryption backdoors. Apple, Meta, and US congressional committees oppose the bill, citing significant risks to digital privacy and security.
Iran claims US exploited backdoors in Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet and MikroTik gear to sabotage networks during recent strikes, saying devices failed despite Iran’s Internet blackout.