With appeals ruling, the United States has effectively outlawed file encryption
An appeals court has denied the appeal of a person who is jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt files. The man has not been charged with anything, but was ordered…
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Egyptians forced to use a VPN to access encrypted messaging app Signal
Encrypted messaging just took a blow in Egypt. Since this past weekend, many internet users with an Egyptian IP address are no longer able to send or receive messages or…
Scotland Yard, Terrorism, and Encryption: How wording of charges contain hidden layers designed to shape public opinion
Several people objected to the claim that "Scotland Yard says HTTPS is terrorism" by asserting that Scotland Yard is following the law to the letter. Maybe they are, but that…
Germany, France demand golden key AND strong encryption just when you thought politicians had clued in to basic reality
In a new level of dumb, Germany and France are demanding strong encryption for all citizens at the same time as they demand this strong encryption to be breakable. They…
Thanks to TeLeScope, TLS Communication With Your Virtual Servers Can Now Be Unencrypted
Earlier this week, BitDefender demonstrated the TeLeScope technique, which allows an attacker to decrypt TLS communication between a target and a virtualized server. TLS stands for Transport Layer Security and…
Privacy habits: Full-disk encryption goes from optional to very recommended
As US authorities decide they have the right to seize any data, the mandatory privacy suite expands: full-disk encryption goes from optional to very recommended, in addition to using a…
Free Speech Cannot Exist Without Strong Encryption
Freedom of Speech is not just the freedom to say whatever you want. It's the freedom to say those words to somebody. It follows that strong encryption is not just…
After Paris Attack Where Terrorists Used Cleartext Communications and Credit Cards, Police State Hawks Demand a Ban of Encryption and Bitcoin
It didn't take long after the Paris terror attacks for police state hawks to demand more police powers. Bans on encryption have been suggested, as well as regulation of bitcoin…
European Parliament Gets Everything Right In New Report: Condemns Mass Surveillance, Shames Complicity With NSA, And Demands Encryption, Net Neutrality, Free/Open Software
The European Parliament just adopted a report that goes way further in the right direction than anything seen before from any legislative body. It condemns mass surveillance in the strongest…
The Snowden Legacy Is Subtle, But In Full Swing: Encryption Everywhere
Edward Snowden's greatest fear was that his sacrifice would have no effect. To the contrary, it's having an effect throughout the entire Internet - and the biggest effect in the…