Tag: encryption
How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet
“We ultimately got lucky that our parameters and time range was right. If either of…
EU plan to force messaging apps to scan for CSAM risks millions of false positives, experts warn
A controversial push by European Union lawmakers to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens’…
Almost every Chinese keyboard app has a security flaw that reveals what users type
The massive scale of the problem is compounded by the fact that these vulnerabilities aren’t…
Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys
Aurich Lawson | Apple A newly discovered vulnerability baked into Apple’s M-series of chips allows…
WhatsApp encryption status might appear at the top of chats
Anyone using WhatsApp should know that their chats and calls are end-to-end encrypted, just like…
How Apple’s Advanced Data Protection Works, and How to Enable It on Your iPhone
ADP extends that protection pretty considerably to also cover your iCloud backups, iCloud Drive, and…
Zama’s homomorphic encryption tech lands it $73M on a valuation of nearly $400M
Homomorphic encryption, a complex technique that uses cryptographic algorithms to keep data secure as it…
E.U. Court of Human Rights backs encryption as basic to privacy rights
While some American officials continue to attack strong encryption as an enabler of child abuse…
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker scorns anti-encryption efforts as ‘parochial, magical considering’
AI is “not open in any sense,” the battle over encryption is far from won,…
Why Signal ‘turned our architecture inside out’ for its latest privacy feature
Adding usernames to a messaging app may seem like a standard feature, but for Signal,…
