WhatsApp launches encrypted backups on iPhone and Android
WhatsApp is one of the chat apps available on iPhone and Android that offers end-to-end encryption. That means that all instant messages, voice calls, and …
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Google just added Apple’s best iMessage feature to Android’s messaging app
Google announced late last year that the one feature that was missing from its latest iMessage alternative was coming soon. That’s end-to-end encryption, a privacy …
The true story of how the FBI cracked the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone
Apple and the FBI were engaged in a massive fight over encryption in the early part of 2016, following the December 2015 mass shooting in …
Zoom will offer end-to-end encrypted video calls free of charge
All Zoom video call meetings will be protected by end-to-end encryption starting in July, including chats between users on free accounts. The company had previously …
Signal messaging app will now blur people’s faces during protests
Signal app downloads have increased significantly in the United States, as protesters have been looking for end-to-end encrypted chat apps to secure their communications. Signal …
Android is finally copying one of the best things about iMessage on the iPhone
Google Messages end-to-end encryption support might be coming soon, leaked code from an internal build of the RCS instant messaging app indicates. Google’s iMessage rival …
You’ll have to pay for Zoom’s new end-to-end encryption feature
Zoom announced the addition of end-to-end encryption to video calls. The security feature will be available in the near future, thanks to the acquisition of …
Intel’s unfixable chip flaw could give hackers access to encrypted data
Intel chips released in the last five years contain a severe hardware security flaw that would allow hackers to bypass encryption. A software patch will …
The FBI needed two months to hack Lev Parnas’ iPhone 11
The Pensacola shooting resurfaced an old squabble over encryption between the FBI and Apple, with US Attorney General William Barr and President Donald Trump taking …
Uh oh: Trump’s attorney general asks Facebook for ‘backdoor’ messaging access
US Attorney General Bill Barr is scheduled to make some remarks at a Justice Department event Friday focused on how tech companies promoting encryption has …
The Trump administration is thinking about banning end-to-end encryption
The proliferation of end-to-end encryption services has been fantastic for end users and for privacy, but it has also been a huge problem for intelligence …
WhatsApp is getting ads next year, but will it lose end-to-end encryption?
An interview with one of WhatsApp’s co-founders earlier this week confirmed that Brian Acton and Jan Koum left Facebook over huge differences with Mark Zuckerberg …
Shockingly, the FBI exaggerated the number of encrypted phones it can’t unlock
Officials including Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray have systematically repeated in speeches that the FBI was unable to unlock some …
This bipartisan bill finally gets encryption right
Politicians and technology mix about as well as coffee and cilantro: if they’re not busy making terrible comparisons between net neutrality and Obamacare, they’re making …
Security flaw exposes encrypted email in almost every mail service
If you’re using encrypted email (PGP and S/MIME) to exchange sensitive data with others, you should consider other alternatives until you hear they’re safe again. …
Jan Koum is leaving Facebook and WhatsApp users will end up paying the price
Jan Koum, the other Facebook-made WhatsApp co-founder that’s still working for the giant social network will leave the company over clashes with Mark Zuckerberg about …
The NSA and FBI don’t see the irony of boycotting phones with built-in government backdoors
Remember that whole Apple vs. FBI fight from early 2016? The government wanted to force Apple to develop what’s essentially a backdoor into iOS that …
Australia the latest country to have no idea how encryption works
Australia is the latest country to seek ways to access information passed between smartphones via encrypted apps, information that might be relevant to criminal investigations …
Apple might be helping governments spy on users in real time
Two unrelated reports suggest that Apple might have the technical capability of mass spying on its customers in a certain area and feeding the obtained …
WhatsApp vulnerability: Encryption backdoor or convenience feature?
The government, it turns out, could intercept WhatsApp texts if it wanted to, a new report revealed a few days ago. That’s even if Facebook’s …
The FBI got a license to hack more fiercely than ever
Trump isn’t even acting President yet, and the FBI is already expanding its hacking powers. Before you start worrying about your privacy or over encryption …
Britain’s newest surveillance law contains encryption backdoors provisions
The UK passed a new surveillance law called that not only does it give the government enhanced mass-spying powers, but it also contains the necessary …
India is buying technology that can decrypt any iPhone
Apple’s iPhones and iPads that run iOS 8 or later have sophisticated encryption systems in place, and law enforcement agencies aren’t too happy about that. …
Facebook Messenger finally has a way to keep your messages secret
Facebook promised it’ll offer Messenger users end-to-end encryption, and the company finally rolled out the feature to all its users. However, Messenger isn’t end-to-end encrypted …
Google’s Assistant is amazing if you don’t like privacy or encryption
The Pixel smartphones and the Google Home are amazing new Google devices. But they’re not the best thing Google unveiled on stage during Tuesday’s media event. …
Apple says weak iOS 10 iTunes backup encryption will be fixed
iPhone backups are easier to crack if the device is running Apple’s iOS 10. Hackers discovered the issues, saying that Apple weakened backup security with …
The FBI didn’t need an iPhone backdoor — $100 of electronics does the same thing
The Apple vs. FBI fight over breaking the encryption of the San Bernardino iPhone was one of the most important news topics of the beginning …
