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Funds flow in for GnuPG author after article reveals his plight
On Thursday ProPublica published the frustrating tale of Werner Koch, the one guy – yes really – who’s maintaining the extremely widely-used Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) software that people use to...
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Box’s new service lets users hold on to their own encryption keys
It’s only been a few weeks since Box went public, but the file-sync company with a work-collaboration bent is rolling out a new encryption-key feature to entice big-name companies like the General...
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Beyond Superfish: Turns out SSL-trashing spyware is widespread
Last week Lenovo found itself in deep trouble over the Superfish spyware that it installed on many recent consumer laptops. Designed to insert ads into customers’ browsing experiences, the software has...
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Proposed Chinese security law could mean tough rules for tech companies
China apparently wants to one-up the U.S. and the U.K. when it comes to urging technology companies to install security backdoors and break their encrypted documents and user communications in the name...
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Why 2015 is the year of encryption
During a visit to Silicon Valley earlier this month, President Obama described himself as “a strong believer in strong encryption.” Some have criticized the president for equivocating on the issue, but...
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Google backtracks on Android 5.0 default encryption
When the Nexus 6 handset arrived late last year, it came with full data encryption enabled out the box. Google also pushed its hardware partners to do the same at first, but now appears to have quietly...
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Decade-old FREAK bug leaves Google and Apple device users vulnerable
A team of security researchers unearthed a decade-old vulnerability called the FREAK (Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys) attack, which impacts Google and Apple device users who may have visited...
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Germany pushes for widespread end-to-end email encryption
The biggest webmail providers in Germany will soon encourage their customers to use full-blown end-to-end email encryption. The providers, including Deutsche Telekom and United Internet, will next...
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Senate backs down on ‘Facebook Bureau of Investigations’ mandate
Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking companies no longer have to worry about a mandate that would have required them to share with the United States government information about users...
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Four Questions For: Jean-Philippe Aumasson
Long term, who wins: the cryptographers or the code breakers? Nobody breaks codes anymore, strictly speaking. When you hear about broken crypto, it’s most of the time about bugs in the implementation...
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