It supports end-to-end encryption, video calls, and disappearing messages. It supports end-to-end encryption, video calls, and disappearing messages. is a news editor with over a decade’s experience ...

Strong encryption is the backbone of digital privacy and secure data. Pressure on the government to weaken encryption is mounting, which raises some serious concerns. How do we preserve strong ...

Mobile devices sometimes get lost. A laptop bag gets left on the bus or train, a smartphone slips out of your pocket, or a USB flash drive falls to the ground unnoticed. Losing a notebook or phone ...

In 1996, I registered my first website, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates. After setting up the site, one of the first things I did was to secure connections with a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate.

Let's Encrypt has announced it will no longer notify users about imminent certificate expirations via email due to high costs, privacy concerns, and unnecessary complexities. The decision to end the ...

X users can no longer send encrypted messages on the platform. The company said in an update that it's "pausing" the feature "while we work on making some improvements." Users will still be able to ...

The spotlight on encrypted apps is also a reminder of the complex debate pitting government interests against individual liberties. Governments desire to monitor everyday communications for law ...

Scientists have found a way to turn ChatGPT and other AI chatbots into carriers of encrypted messages that are invisible to cybersecurity systems. The new technique — which seamlessly places ciphers ...

Passwords sit somewhere between the daily annoyance and necessary evil of the digital age. Once upon a time, most of us had that single, easy-to-remember six-digit password that we used for every site ...

The Facebook Messenger update means only the sender and recipient can read or listen to messages and calls. Users can choose to back up messages with a six-digit PIN, or store a virtual key in their ...