Even bitcoin’s boosters acknowledge that cryptocurrencies aren’t a sure thing. Just in the past month, China and South Korea signaled that they might be cracking down harder on trading in… Read More
Privacy isn’t just about porn. It’s increasingly becoming an important priority for citizens and a challenging issue for lawmakers and corporations. But more than a decade of experience in the… Read More
The FBI has officially unlocked the iPhone used by a terrorist during the December attack in San Bernardino after Apple consistently refused to help the FBI in decrypting the phone’s data, arguing that breaking into… Read More
Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke out on the company’s dispute with the FBI at a media event where Apple is expected to announce a smaller iPhone. “We need to decide as… Read More
Talk about a fast course correction. Less than 48 hours after pundits and security experts began blasting Amazon for removing the option to encrypt data on Fire devices, the company has… Read More
A growing number of tech news outlets and security experts are criticizing Amazon’s decision to stop encrypting locally stored data on the company’s Fire devices. Data stored on Amazon Fire… Read More
It’s natural to look for a scapegoat after something terrible happens, like this: If only we could read encrypted communications, perhaps the Paris terrorist attacks could have been stopped. It’s natural, but it’s… Read More
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden doesn’t want the government snooping on what you are researching or purchasing on Amazon.com, or what he called “the world’s largest library.” “Let’s encrypt your browsing habits. Let’s… Read More
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has teamed up with Akamai, Cisco, Identrust, Mozilla and a team at the University of Michigan to create Let’s Encrypt, a new initiative designed to encourage encryption… Read More