[ad_1] Last December, a Saudi Arabian cadet training with the US military opened fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola, killing three soldiers and wounding eight others. The FBI recovered two iPhones, and after failing to access their data, asked Apple to unlock them. The company refused, but eventually the FBI unlocked at least one of […]
Category: encryption
How to secure your video calls like a pro
[ad_1] Don’t give up. Because security and privacy nerds around the world have been going through the same thing as you, and we’ve got solutions. They all kind of suck 5m3photos via Getty Images The first thing to understand about the variety of videoconferencing apps is that none of them are great. All of them […]
EARN IT act targets online child abuse but could threaten encryption
[ad_1] The bill has powerful backers in the Senate, including Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R), Richard Blumenthal (D) and Dianne Feinstein (D). In a statement introducing the bill, Blumenthal said “Tech companies have an extraordinary special safeguard against legal liability, but that unique protection comes with a responsibility. Companies that fail to comport with […]
Minuscule ID chips could help spot even the smallest counterfeits
[ad_1] The security itself is relatively strong. The chip relies on elliptic curve cryptography that uses a mix of public and private keys to only reveal data to valid readers. You can’t just snoop on wireless traffic to determine which devices are involved and what’s being sent. As is often the case, there’s more to […]
DOJ letter reveals the FBI recently cracked an iPhone 11
[ad_1] While the Department of Justice, US attorney general and even the president continue to pressure Apple for additional technical support in unlocking iPhones tied to the naval base shooting in December, a letter reveals that the FBI recently cracked a password-protected iPhone 11. That phone belonged to Lev Parnas, an associate of the president’s […]
ProtonMail debuts an encrypted calendar app
[ad_1] ProtonCalendar uses end-to-end encryption to keep your data private, with no third parties including ProtonMail able to see your events. It has the standard calendar features you would expect, such as the ability to create and delete events, to set reminders and to have events repeat daily, weekly or monthly. The calendar is available […]
Facebook tells US, UK and Australia it won’t weaken chat encryption
[ad_1] If you soften encryption in one area, you soften it for “everyone, everywhere,” Facebook noted. The social network argued that backdoor access would represent a “gift to criminals, hackers and repressive regimes,” letting them pry in the messages of innocent people by exploiting weaknesses. As support, Facebook pointed to more than 100 organizations echoing […]
Senate bill would block US companies from storing data in China
[ad_1] The changes could impact companies like Apple and TikTok. Per Chinese law, Apple began storing Chinese users’ iCloud accounts in a Chinese data center last year. Apple says it still controls encryption keys, but Hawley sees this as a national security threat. And like other senators, Hawley fears TikTok’s owner ByteDance could be pressured […]
Apple will fix macOS flaw exposing portions of encrypted emails
[ad_1] The vulnerability exists in at least the last four versions of macOS, ranging from Sierra to Catalina. This isn’t as glaring a flaw as it sounds. To be vulnerable, you’d have to use Mail, send encrypted messages from Mail and leave FileVault’s whole-drive encryption turned off. If you rely on a third-party email client […]
China passes law regulating data encryption
[ad_1] The law requires that all state secrets be stored and transmitted using “core and common” encryption, and that institutions working on cryptography have to establish “management systems” that guarantee the security of that encryption. Those managers won’t be allowed to ask private encryption developers to turn over “exclusive” info like source code, though, and […]