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Privacy Tools: Encrypt What You Can
In the course of writing my book, Dragnet Nation, I tried various strategies to protect my privacy. In this series of book excerpts and adaptations, I distill the lessons from my privacy experiments...
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No More Scroogled, No More NSA, Google Apps Gets Encryption
In the battle between office productivity vendors, Microsoft has long distanced itself from Google claiming that the fact that Google scans emails in order to deliver contextual advertising to...
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With Inspection Team in Shanghai, Encryption Becomes Attractive
Sales were slow in Shanghai for cellphones that offered encryption—then the Communist Party’s disciplinary unit came to town. The sales of Chinese-made cellphones with encryption have been increasing...
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New Encryption Methods Need to Be Developed Urgently, Say Experts
Computer networks used on a daily basis for banking and the transfer of personal information may become unsecure if new encryption methods are not developed soon, warn some of the world’s top...
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FBI Chief Warns Anew Against Phone Encryption
WASHINGTON—FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone data and operating systems, arguing that murder cases could be stalled,...
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Whatsapp Brings End to End Encryption to Its Platform
Whatsapp has started encrypting users’ messages in an effort to bolster security and privacy in front of constant threats from government spying and cyber-criminals. The move was disclosed yesterday by...
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Kim Dotcom Releases NSA-Proof Encrypted ‘Skype Killer’
The Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has developed an end-to-end encrypted voice and video chat service called MegaChat. “We are releasing #MegaChat beta step by step. Starting with video calling today....
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Encrypt Your Files and Communications Before It’s Illegal
The degree of governmental spying against its own citizens has become so severe that both Google and Apple, are planning to sell all their smartphones with data encryption enabled. Apple says on their...
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China’s Proposal to Spy on US Technology Firms Is Not Dead
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is creating new laws that could give it legal ground to spy on users, undermine the security of U.S. technology, and expand its control of the global Internet. The new...
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Is Secure ‘Golden Key’ for Government Agencies Even Possible?
Earlier this month, FBI Director James Comey said that the widespread use of encryption was a national security problem for the United States. In a blog post, he warned of the threat of “ISIL operators...
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Explainer: What Is the Dark Web?
The “dark web” is a part of the world wide web that requires special software to access. Once inside, web sites and other services can be accessed through a browser in much the same way as the normal...
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Freedom House Report: Governments Pressure Companies to Delete Online Content
WASHINGTON—The hope that the Internet would facilitate the democratization of the world and expose human rights abuses received some setbacks this year. Internet freedom around the globe generally...
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What the Investigatory Powers Bill Will Mean for You and Your Internet Use
Editor’s note: Nations around the world are struggling with Internet security. This article about a proposed law in the United Kingdom reviews some of the key issues facing Internet users. Through...
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Here We Go Again: Paris Attacks May Renew Encryption Debate
NEW YORK—The deadly attacks in Paris may soon reopen the debate over whether—and how—tech companies should let the government sidestep the data scrambling that shields everyday commerce and daily...
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Why Government and Tech Can’t Agree About Encryption
NEW YORK—Your phone is getting better and better at protecting your privacy. But Uncle Sam isn’t totally comfortable with that, because it’s also complicating the work of tracking criminals and...
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The Genie Is out of the Bottle—It’s Foolish to Think Encryption Can Now Be...
Politicians have turned their sights on encryption once more following terrorist outrages in Paris and San Bernardino, California. A country that once welcomed encryption, France is now considering...
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Governments Undermining Encryption Will Do More Harm Than Good
Western governments, notably the U.K. and the United States, are pushing the software industry to open “backdoors” into our encrypted communications. The argument touted by government agencies for...
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If You Seek to ‘Switch Off’ Encryption, You May as Well Switch Off the Whole...
Prime Minister David Cameron has stated that the U.K. government will look at “switching off” some forms of encryption in order to make society safer from terror attacks. This might make a grand...
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Could Encryption ‘Backdoors’ Safeguard Privacy and Fight Terror Online?
Since so much of life has moved online, a clash has emerged between the opposing values of Internet freedom and Internet control. Should the Internet be a public arena free of all interference and...
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Privacy Shield Replaces Safe Harbor, but Only the Name Has Changed
The replacement for the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor agreement that was ruled unlawful by a European court last year may well fail the same legal tests as its predecessor. The new agreement, called Privacy...
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