Encryption is under attack – but it's "vital for law enforcement," says former US investigator

During a discussion at an event for Global Encryption Day 2025, a former investigator joined technologists and activists in ...
CNET

WhatsApp's New Update Lets You Encrypt Chat Backups Using Passkeys

Face, finger or lock-screen code: These passkeys are all you will need to encrypt your WhatsApp chat backups in the near future, the messaging app announced Thursday. Meta-owned WhatsApp, the most ...
Decrypt

Australian Police Use 'Crypto Safe Cracker' to Access $6M Stash

The AFP Commissioner revealed how one analyst's intuition unlocked millions in crypto which a suspect tried to hide behind ...
Decrypt

IBM’s Quantum ‘Cat’ Roars: 120-Qubit Breakthrough Pushes Bitcoin’s Encryption Risk Closer

IBM’s new 120-qubit experiment marks a leap forward, advancing technology that could one day crack Bitcoin’s encryption.
The New York Times

4 Easy Ways to Make Sure No One Can Read Your Text Messages

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How encryption protects your data

Explore the fascinating world of encryption in this video, where we delve into how it works and its significance in securing information. Prince Andrew gives up royal titles, including Duke of York ...
The Conversation

The world’s most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help

Qiang Tang receives funding from Google via Digital Future Initiative to support the research on this project. Moti Yung works for Google as a distinguished research scientist. Yanan Li is supported ...
TechSpot

Gmail gets end-to-end encryption – but only if you're a Workspace user

In context: End-to-end encryption can greatly enhance security in email communications, but it demands commitment from both parties. Google is now simplifying the process with a new message exchange ...
The Verge

Gmail’s end-to-end encryption for organizations now works across email providers.

With this update, Gmail users with client-side encryption can send E2EE emails to people using other providers, like Outlook. The recipient will receive a notice about the encrypted message, and can ...
Computerworld

UK government still wants Apple to break data encryption

The authoritarian, surveillance-loving UK Labour government remains deeply committed to magical thinking, slamming yet another encryption-busting “Technical Capability Notice” (TCN) on Apple, ...
CoinTelegraph

Applied MEV protection via Shutter’s threshold encryption

Transparency is one of the foundational features of blockchains, but it enabled value extraction by controlling the order and inclusion of transactions within a block, known as MEV, or maximal ...
adexchanger

How Encryption Keys Could Resolve The TID Furor

A heated debate over transaction IDs (TIDs) has raged since last month when Prebid announced a major update to how it handles TIDs. After digesting the new Prebid policy for a few weeks, the publisher ...