In the climate of government spying, and the ever present threat from nefarious hackers, encryption is a hot topic. Politicians don’t like it, privacy campaigners claim it’s a must, and end users are ...

WhatsApp is planning to test a proprietary, end-to-end encrypted cloud backup service, reducing reliance on third-party ...

Keybase is notifying Android users of a bug in its mobile app that might have unintentionally included the users' private key —used to encrypt conversations and other private data— into the automatic ...

One downside of iCloud Backup for those who are interested in privacy is that, unlike with the Mac’s FileVault data encryption, Apple provides no option to store the encryption key yourself. Instead, ...

WhatsApp may soon offer encrypted cloud backups on its own servers with 2GB free storage and a 50GB plan, reducing reliance ...