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I, spy: New Manhattan attraction offers espionage history

The exhibition space is divided into different galleries for areas like encryption, deception, hacking, cyberwarfare,...

15 Feb 2018 8:00 AM

The advocacy group said it feared the technique could be abused to violate the privacy of non-criminals.

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Rights group questions DEA exploit of encrypted cellphones

US drug agents supplied unwitting cocaine-trafficking suspects in California with smartphones they thought were...

14 July 2018 8:06 AM

Snopes, which started its online fact-checking since 1994, entered into a partnership with Facebook in 2016 to curb the issue of misinformation that is rampant on the platform. (Photo: ANI)

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Facebook encryption case: US judge keeps documents secret

End-to-end encryption means that only the two parties in the conversation have access to it.

12 Feb 2019 4:05 AM

$We support this legislation and the beginning of this very important conversation,\ Match Group chief executive Shar Dubey said in an online post.$ Technology

OkCupid, Tinder developer supports US bill to curb child abuse online

Digital rights activists argue that the bill is an indirect way to weaken online encryption in the name of better law...

11 March 2020 2:26 PM

Civil rights advocates warn that the backdoor access that the bill would provide could be exploited by hackers and authoritarian governments. (Photo | Pix- djandyw.com)

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Threat to data privacy as US bill targets encryption to curb child sex...

Digital rights activists argue that the bill is an indirect way to weaken online encryption in the name of better law...

8 March 2020 11:10 AM

Researchers at Lovely Professional University have filed for a US-patent, and have bagged funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for the hardware implementation of the algorithm. (Photo | Flickr - Patrick Cannon)

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This new security algorithm helps improve checks against online fraud

WhatsApp is one of the applications that uses such an algorithm

4 March 2020 10:15 AM

Zoom, which boasts 300 million users, had the luck to be in the right place at the right time just as millions of employees around the world suddenly found themselves ordered to work from home.

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Facing flak over lapses, Zoom acquires security firm Keybase to fix...

Keybase is Zoom's first acquisition. The company will help Zoom implement end-to-end encryption.

8 May 2020 2:42 PM

The program is part of Microsofts LEAP diversity initiative.

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Microsoft, CBSE conduct digital encryption of class 10 question papers

The solution leverages features in Office 365 to encrypt and watermark the papers.

13 Aug 2018 11:49 AM

Due to various competitors emerging, Microsoft keeps bestowing its Skype platform with new updates to keep it going in the race.

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Skype updated with end-to-end encryption feature for private...

Reportedly, the feature was under test for several months. Now, it is available for iOS, Android, Linux, Mac and...

22 Aug 2018 12:23 PM

Telegram, with 40 million users in Iran, in late December shut down a channel that Tehran had accused of encouraging violence.

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States are flouting right to encrypted messaging

In many states including Russia, China, Iran, Turkey and Britain, citizens cannot count on keeping their online...

11 Sept 2018 4:10 AM

Roskomnadzors head, Alexander Zharov, said in a letter published on the regulators website that time was running out for Telegram to provide the necessary information.

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Message service Telegram to shut some public channels after Indonesia...

Indonesian authorities blocked all access to Telegram, saying it had several forums that were "full of radical and...

16 July 2017 3:02 PM

WhatsApps end-to-end encryption relies on the generation of unique security keys, using the Signal protocol that are traded and verified between users to guarantee communications are secure.

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WhatsApp's encryption can be broken

The UK government recently passed the Investigatory Powers Act, forcing tech companies to hand over web histories to...

8 May 2017 9:03 AM