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Texas sues Meta, WhatsApp over encryption privacy claims | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/texas-sues-meta-whatsapp-over-encryption-privacy-claims-2026-05-21/ #texas #meta #whatsapp #encryption #privacy #apps View Original Article
iOS 26.5 Will Add End-To-End Encryption For RCS Messages Between Apple And Android https://www.engadget.com/2164303/ios-26-5-will-add-end-to-end-encryption-for-rcs-messages/ #iOS #apple #RCS #android #encryption #messaging View Original Article
Security researchers have developed a potential cyber attack that could decrypt secure communications used by online banking and payment sites.
With over 300,000 devices activated per day, Android’s clearly firing on all cylinders from a consumer standpoint, but much like the famed Cheez-It wheel, some would argue that the OS isn’t quite mature enough for unabashed enterprise use. Being a cor…
This couldn’t have been planned any better. The morning after Zuckerberg’s fan page was hacked, Facebook announced a pair of new security features to keep hackers at bay. The site can now be accessed entirely over an encrypted HTTPS connection. In add…
RCMP Confirms Bill C-22 Concerns: Police Want Law to Provide Access to Encrypted Communications – Michael Geist https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/rcmp-confirms-bill-c-22-concerns-police-want-law-to-provide-access-to-encrypted-communications/ #canada #privacy #BillC22 #encryption View Original Article
Liberals to amend police data interception bill following searing criticism | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bill-c-22-encryption-cybersecurity-9.7213776 #federal #liberals #BillC22 #canada View Original Article
The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/q-day-apocalypse-quantum-computers-encryption/ #quantum #computing #encryption #computer #technology View Original Article
It figures Apple would do something like this. Apple is using a straw man argument to fight the FBI Listen to Tim Cook and you’d be forgiven for thinking that Apple was standing up for the little guy, sticking up for the likes of you and I in fighting the FBI. The FBI, Apple would …
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OS X Lion update accidentally outs user passwords in plain text, stumbles over FileVault Are you an avid user of OS X's FileVault encryption and running a recently updated version of Lion? It may be time to This was posted on Google+…
Hot on the heels of a UK release, Samsung has just announced that its long-awaited (and long-delayed) Galaxy Player 4.0 ($229) and 5.0 ($269) will be available for pre-order starting September 27th, with US availability pegged for October 16th. Oddl…
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is one of the of oldest remote desktop solutions around, and while its RFB (remote framebuffer) protocol can require a little more bandwidth than the competition, it’s long been praised for its broad cross-platform su…
Still eager to do business with a company that’ll lock your account on a whim and side with the buyer regardless of the facts? Splendid! If that’s you, PayPal would love for you to know that it has announced a new phone-to-phone NFC payment applicat…
Dropbox accidentally dropped the need for password authentication this past Sunday so anyone could log into anyone else's Dropbox account with any password—all they'd need was an email addres…
A new option’s shown up in Chromium builds that allows users to choose what type of cached personal data should be encrypted as it’s sent to Google’s cloud. Until now, only saved passwords have been en…
Windows: We’ve shown you how to add a second layer of encryption to Dropbox, but if you’re looking for a simpler way to secure your synced files, free app SecretSync encrypts any Dropbox files you want…
By Nick Peers
Improvements include copying open and locked files, compression and encryption and email notifications.
By now, every single person on the internet is well aware of the release of the PlayStation 3′s root keys. The guy responsible, George Hotz (aka Geohot), is the same fellow who brought us the jail break for iPhone.
“What’s the big deal?” some …
If you like the idea of keeping your bookmarks, passwords, apps, and other data synced between Chrome browsers, but you’re wary of Google (or others) getting access to your web life, the latest Chrome …
With all of the high-profile privacy lapses we’ve been seeing lately, no one would blame you for wanting to keep your Google searches, well, your Google searches. Google’s new beta service does just that, protecting your queries with SSL encryption. More »
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