encryption

One of my friends had his phone robbed. Since he's unemployed and I wanted a new phone, I decided to give my phone to him and buy a new one. The problem here is: this friend of mine is really good with tech, and I have bank passwords, important and private conversations, images etc on this...

With security risks and public understanding on the rise, Google decided to up the ante with encryption on Android 7.0 Nougat. The latest software includes default encryption of emails and text messages when stored locally on your device.

Google has been working harder and harder on encryption across all of their products and services. In an announcement earlier today, the company detailed that they are now encrypting 97% of YouTube's traffic. The reason why it's not at 100% right now is because some devices don't support modern...

Facebook's Secret Conversations feature -- which is encrypted messaging -- seems to be coming along well. Signs of the feature have started showing up in the beta version of Facebook Messenger, however the feature isn't yet functional. Secret Conversations allow you and one other person to have...

By default, Android's encryption password is tied to your lock screen pin code/password and this generally means your encryption password isn't as secure as it should be (since most people generally use a short pin code or password). However, Mishaal of XDA-Developers has discovered a way to...

Google's new messaging app, Allo, has been catching a bit of heat since its introduction due to the lack of privacy controls built into the backend of the service. At this time, Allo will not end to end encryption enabled by default due to the integration with Google Assistant. A Google...

While there will be an option to enable this feature within the settings, end-to-end encryption will not be enabled by default in Google's upcoming messaging app, Allo. Interestingly enough, the co-leader of Google's product security team wishes it was enabled by default. However, executives...

According to John McAfee, there's a "serious flaw in the Android architecture." We're not so sure we believe him. To promote his story, McAfee wanted to send reporters phone with pre-install keylogging software to convince them that he was reading encrypted WhatsApp messages. McAfee claims that...

Want to know where your hard earned money is going after you pay your taxes? FBI director James Comey recently said they paid more than he would make in the seven years and four months to unlock the phone. Reuters did the math and that comes out to at least $1.3 million.

The encryption debate is ramping up quickly. Law enforcement has come up with another idea that would help shut down encryption: force Google and Apple to ban encryption apps from their app stores. While the feasibility of something like that isn't yet clear, it's a strong suggestion that won't...

Apple, Google and Facebook -- among other top tech companies -- have all written an open letter to Dianne Fernstein and Richard Burr. The 2 US senators have proposed a bill that would essentially ban encryption practices across the United States.

Encryption is the name of the game nowadays and US Cellular's latest partnership will give its customers a chance to encrypt their messages with the wireless service. We're told that U.S. Cellular customers can access TigerText's secure and private network directly from their smartphones, and...

Last week it was revealed that the RCMP(Royal Canadian Mounted Police) has decrypted over a million encrypted BlackBerry messages. John Chen wrote a blog post to address these reports and while he doesn't confirm or deny that BlackBerry gave the RCMP the encryption keys for those messages, he...

The case about the San Bernardino iPhone may be over, but the debate about encryption certainly is not. A hearing called Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives is happening on April 19th at 10am ET and you'll be able to watch a livestream of the...

A new report from Vice News reveals Canadian police have owned the global decryption key for Blackberry devices since 2010. The key can give law enforcement access to the information on almost any Blackberry device they want. It's not known if Blackberry offered this key or if Canadian officials...

It's no secret that the government doesn't want anymore issues with trying to gain access to encrypted devices again. In response to the Apple incident, the Senate has drafted a bill that they're calling the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016. This bill would legally force companies to...

WhatsApp made a pretty huge announcement today: the company has enabled end-to-end encryption for all users of their app, no matter which method they're using to communicate, no matter who they're communicating with, no matter how many people they're communicating with, and no matter which...

The Department of Justice has just filed a vacate document with the courts to cancel(or just postpone) their court hearing with Apple that was scheduled for tomorrow. It seems the FBI was able to get in touch with some hackers that showed them their method of hacking into the iPhone 5c. If it...

While nothing is confirmed yet, it's being reported that WhatsApp is working to add end-to-end encryption for both its voice calls and group chats.

Just days after Amazon stated that it would be removing encryption in Fire OS 5, Amazon has reversed course and announced an update would be rolled out in the Spring which would allow for devices to be encrypted once again.

Researchers found a non-invasive way to extract the cryptographic keys used to protect Bitcoin wallets, Apple Pay accounts, and other high-value assets. All it takes is a $2 magnetic probe held next to the device, or an improvised USB adapter connected to the phone's USB cable, and a USB sound...

A lot of the companies siding with Apple are direct competitors to them, or to each other, but that isn't stopping them from coming together to protect consumer data. Companies like Amazon.com, Box, Cisco, Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, Google, Mozilla, Nest Labs, Pinterest, Slack, Snapchat...

Samsung has finally made an official statement about the whole Apple encryption debacle. The company hasn't publicly backed Apple and they aren't filing an amicus brief like other tech companies are. Still, they have come out and said consumer privacy is extremely important and that backdoors...

Encryption is a very hot topic nowadays and we've seen tech company after tech company join the side of Apple as they battle it out with the FBI. Today though, Amazon has made a surprising mode and has removed the encryption feature from its Fire OS 5 operating system.

It seems everyone has a side to pick in the Apple vs FBI encryption case, and there are some new people joining in on the debate. Verizon Wireless has chosen to side with Apple and believes they should not be forced to hack into their own products. On the other side of the coin, every single...