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Apple CEO Tim Cook sticks to his guns: “No encryption backdoors”
Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared on CBS’s 60 Minutes TV show last night. As you can probably imagine, the topic of encryption came up, …
Obama Wants Silicon Valley’s Help to Fight Terror Online
President Barack Obama asked Silicon Valley firms to work with U.S. law enforcement authorities to prevent terrorists from using social media and encryption technologies, …
In wake of Paris attacks, legislation aims to extend NSA program
A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation that would delay the end of the bulk collection of phone metadata by the National Security Agency …
Encyrption ban banished from draft UK surveillance bill
A threatened ban on encryption has been banished from a draft bill on surveillance powers in the U.K. — but the government plans to …
Three desktop tools for ultra-private encrypted chats
Many people like the idea of increasing their privacy with encryption and anonymity tools for sharing files, web browsing and messaging. The trouble is …
Crypto researchers: Time to use something better than 1024-bit encryption
It’s actually possible for entities with vast computing resources – such as the NSA and major national governments – to compromise commonly used Diffie-Hellman …
Google makes secure boot, full-disk encryption mandatory for some Android 6.0 devices
Google’s plan to encrypt user data on Android devices by default will get a new push with Android 6.0, also known as Marshmallow. The …
U.S. will not seek legislation against encryption
The U.S. administration will not seek legislation at this point to counter the encryption of communications by many technology services and product vendors, but …
Western Digital self-encrypting hard drives riddled with security flaws
Several versions of self-encrypting hard drives from Western Digital are riddled with so many security flaws that attackers with physical access can retrieve the …
India exempts social media from encryption policy
The Indian government has exempted social media applications from a new encryption policy after public uproar over the proposed measures. The new law would …
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