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Legal effects of encryption bills discussed at dark web event
An attorney who has worked for the U.S. Army and the Central Intelligence Agency discussed attempts to regulate encryption technologies at the Inside Dark Web conference in New York City on Thursday....
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John McAfee claims to have hacked WhatsApp’s encrypted messages, but the real...
Last month, WhatsApp enabled end-to-end encryption for its billion users to secure all the communications made between users — be it a group chat, voice calls, personal chats or the photos and videos...
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OSGP custom RC4 encryption cracked yet again
The Open Smart Grid Protocol’s (OSGP) home-grown RC4 encryption has been cracked once again. The easy-to-break custom RC4 was cracked last year. A year ago, the OSGP Alliance advised that better...
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Google engineer says he’ll push for default end-to-end encryption in Allo
After Google’s decision not to provide end-to-end encryption by default in its new chat app, Allo, raised questions about the balance of security and effective artificial intelligence, one of the...
View ArticleAllo doesn’t offer default end-to-end encryption setting because it would...
When Google unveiled Allo — their smart messaging app coming soon to Android and iOS — one of the more interesting features they revealed was end-to-end encryption. As we later learned, the technology...
View ArticleSymantec warns encryption and privacy are not the same
“Encryption and privacy is not the same thing,” said Nick Savvides, Symantec APAC cybersecurity strategy manager. Encryption is a privacy “enhancing tool”, Savvides went on to explain, while privacy is...
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Despite end-to-end encryption, your WhatsApp and Telegram chats can be spied on
Even though WhatsApp promises end-to-end encryption on all of its chats, and Telegram offers end-to-end encryption on secret chats, the truth is that messages on these platforms can still be hacked....
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Is Facebook making end-to-end encryption on Messenger opt-in only?
Facebook’s native chat is due to be silenced: Facebook’s reportedly going to kill it off, forcing users to instead use Messenger. Rumor has it that Facebook Messenger will also offer the option of...
View ArticleHelpSystems Fills Encryption Gap With Linoma Buy
Despite all the IBM i security vendors that HelpSystems has bought over the years–and there have been at least five of them–the company has lacked one key security capability valued by enterprises:...
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Customer Headaches Could Curtail Apple’s Encryption Push
At an event held during Apple’s fight with the FBI over whether it should help unlock a dead terrorist’s iPhone, CEO Tim Cook promised “We will not shrink” from the responsibility of protecting...
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UK’s lower house eases up on encryption
The United Kingdom’s House of Commons approved far-reaching authority for spy agencies to access cyber data Tuesday, but pulled back some restrictions on encryption opposed by Apple and Facebook. The...
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Amazon is going to remove encryption capabilities of its Kindle Fire, Rumours...
According to Amazon, Removing Kindle Fire,Fire OS 5’s onboard encryption is not a new development, and it’s not related to the iPhone fight Amazon said that the Fire OS 5 update removed local device...
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Apple Echoes Commitment to Encryption after Orlando Shooting
Apple used the kickoff of its Worldwide Developers Conference Monday to reaffirm the company’s stance on encryption and data monetization, one day after the most deadly mass shooting in U.S. history...
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Apple to expand encryption on Macs
Apple is amping up its commitment to encryption. The company is beginning the first major overhaul of the Mac filing system — the way it stores files on the hard drive — in more than 18 years. The...
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Russia encryption grab may require chat backdoors as standard
MOOTED LEGAL CHANGES in Russia may apply a boot to the face of open and private chat messaging services and create a very cold winter for communications. Reports from the country said that plans to...
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Greedy Bart ransomware encrypts files in ZIP archives
A new ransomware threat known as Bart is experimenting with the price it charges victims and encryption strategies. If your PC is infected by Bart you will be asked to pay three Bitcoin (BTC) or just...
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Supreme Court rejects PIL for WhatsApp ban, but encryption debate is just...
WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption might still be a contentious issue, but on Wednesday the Supreme Court refused to allow a PIL seeking a ban on the popular app and similar messenger services. The PIL,...
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US wiretap operations encountering encryption fell in 2015
The US government has been very vocal recently about how the increase in encryption on user devices is hampering their investigations. The reality is that according to a report from the Administrative...
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Full disk encryption flaw could affect millions of Android users
When it comes to vulnerabilities and security, Google’s Android has never been in the good books of security experts or even its users to a great extent. Now, another vulnerability has surfaced that...
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Facebook to add end-to-end encryption to Messenger app
Facebook has started to introduce a setting to its “Messenger” app that provides users with end-to-end encryption, meaning messages can only be read on the device to which they were sent. The...
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