Pushbullet adds end-to-end encryption to its Android, Chrome and Windows...
Continuing its evolution in to a full-fledged messaging service, Pushbullet has added support for end-to-end encryption when using the app to mirror notifications, move text captured by the universal...
View ArticleFive free Android encryption tools for the paranoid user
Do your hats tend to fall into the tinfoil range? Are you afraid there is always somebody watching you? If so, rest assured that the Android ecosystem offers plenty of apps to soothe your paranoia. But...
View ArticleJeb Bush: encryption makes it too hard to catch “evildoers”
Bush, the former governor of Florida, said Tuesday that encryption “makes it harder for the American government to do its job.” That job would be, according to Bush, “making sure that evildoers aren’t...
View ArticlePhone and laptop encryption guide: Protect your stuff and yourself
The worst thing about having a phone or laptop stolen isn’t necessarily the loss of the physical object itself, though there’s no question that that part sucks. It’s the amount of damage control you...
View ArticleReflective satellites may be the future of high-end encryption
Quantum key distribution is regularly touted as the encryption of the future. While the keys are exchanged on an insecure channel, the laws of physics provide a guarantee that two parties can exchange...
View ArticleNCUA institutes encryption protocols for data provided to examiners
NCUA has instituted data encryption protocols as suggested by its Office of Inspector General this June following review of an examiner’s loss of a thumb drive containing credit union members’ data....
View ArticleWhose keys are they anyway?
Google recently announced enhanced security support for its cloud customers by granting them the ability to hold the encryption keys to their data. These customer-supplied encryption keys for the...
View ArticleNSA wants encryption that fends off quantum computing hacks
The National Security Agency isn’t just yearning for quantum computers that can break tough encryption — it wants encryption that can protect against quantum computers, too. Officials have begun...
View ArticleWhen It Comes To Encryption, Our Policy Makers Could Learn A Thing Or Two...
Thomas Jefferson was so interested in cryptography that he may have developed his own enciphering device after his mail was inspected by postmasters when the revolution was looming. Indeed, codes and...
View ArticleVice News fixer ‘charged over encryption software’
Three staff members from Vice News were charged with “engaging in terrorist activity” because one of the men was using an encryption system on his personal computer which is often used by the Islamic...
View ArticleBest Folder Encryptor Has Updated to Version 16.83
The professinal file and folder encryption software – Best Folder Encryptor has been updated to version 16.83 recently. In last version 16.82, we have fixed a bug that the encrypted file/folder cannot...
View ArticleArgument over strong encryption reaches boiling point as Apple, Microsoft...
A long-running debate concerning recent advances in consumer data encryption came to a head this summer when Apple rebuffed a Justice Department court order demanding access to iMessage transcripts,...
View ArticleCHK File Recovery Has Been Updated to Version 1.082
CHK File Recovery is an excellent recovery tool specialized in recovering CHK files in a quick and easy way, which has been updated to version 1.082 recently. In this new version, we fixed a bug which...
View ArticleEncryption and privacy are priorities for tech firms
The Justice Department and Microsoft go head-to-head in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Wednesday. The battleground? Data privacy. At issue is the question of whether U.S. law...
View ArticleFBI director: Ability to unlock encryption is not a ‘fatal’ security flaw
In the tug-of-war between the government and U.S. companies over whether firms should hold a key to unlock encrypted communications, a frequent argument of technologists and privacy experts is that...
View ArticleMainOne addresses data centre security concerns
Keeping customer data secure is of utmost importance in any organization. Therefore, compliance with security standards is vital. In today’s world, a company cannot afford to experience breaches of...
View ArticleScience on the Hill: For cybersecurity, in quantum encryption we trust
As everyone becomes more interconnected on the Internet, personal information like bank and investment accounts, credit card numbers, home addresses and even social security numbers becomes more...
View ArticleObama edges toward full support for encryption
President Obama recently called on the best minds in government, the tech sector and academia to help develop a policy consensus around “strong encryption” — powerful technologies that can thwart...
View ArticleExperts pick big holes in India’s encryption policy
India’s proposed encryption policy has come under heavy fire with internet experts and online activists alleging that it provides blanket backdoors to law enforcement agencies to access user data,...
View ArticleBest Disk Lock Has Been Updated to Version 2.60
Best Disk Lock, which can completely hide the disk partitions, has been updated to the version 2.60. In this new version, we have improved the stability of disk advanced-lock, added the judgement for...
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