BitLocker encrypts your hard drive and requires a key to decrypt it. Microsoft may give your key to law enforcement upon a valid request. Don't save your key to the cloud; instead, store it locally or ...

We all keep secrets. Whether you are trying to protect messages to loved ones, company accounts or vital state intelligence, the technology that allows you peace of mind in our increasingly online ...

The last decade-plus has seen a wealth of advancements designed to secure data at the microprocessor level, but a team of academic researchers recently punched through those defenses with a tiny ...

Two years ago, researchers in the Netherlands discovered an intentional backdoor in an encryption algorithm baked into radios used by critical infrastructure–as well as police, intelligence agencies, ...

Encryption secures information by translating it into computer code that’s unreadable to those who don’t have the means to access the information. These means of access can include passwords, ...

The spotlight on encrypted apps is also a reminder of the complex debate pitting government interests against individual liberties. Governments desire to monitor everyday communications for law ...

The top U.S. watchdog monitoring child exploitation online says that a sharp drop in reports from tech companies is primarily due to Meta and its embrace of end-to-end encryption. The National Center ...

In today’s digital economy, where organizations rely on cloud computing, mobile technologies and data-driven decision making, securing sensitive information has never been more critical. Encryption ...

The UK, France, Sweden, and EU have made fresh attacks on end-to-end encryption. Some of the attacks are more “crude” than those in recent years, experts say. Over the past few months, there has been ...

With all the marketing Apple does around privacy, and all the talk lately of government surveillance around the globe, you would hope that the data for all your Apple cloud services is locked down ...