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The article tells how TrueCrypt protected banker Daniel Dantas's hard drive data, keeping the FBI from cracking it for a year, and introduces its successor VeraCrypt—a free, open-source, audited encryption software that emphasizes security and privacy protection.
This article explains Discovery of Designated Resolvers (DDR), a protocol that lets devices automatically discover encrypted DNS endpoints. It describes how the query works, how resolvers respond, and the limitations of opportunistic upgrades from plain DNS.
Sunbird Messaging relaunches its iMessage-compatible app for Android users on the Google Play Store after nearly three years, claiming to have fixed security flaws with end-to-end encryption and independent audits. The subscription service costs $2.99/month and offers blue bubble features, with future plans for AI assistance and additional platform integrations.
Signal now lets users link multiple Android phones and iPhones to a single account, with optional encrypted message history transfer, rolling out in version 8.20 on Android and 8.22 on iOS.
A security researcher analyzed the 915 MHz RF link of the Flume Water Monitor, successfully broke its encryption with moderate effort, and found the security reasonable for a consumer device.
A DigiCert survey reveals that 85% of IT leaders expect quantum computing to break current security standards within a decade, yet only 7% have deployed quantum-safe certificates, leaving most organizations vulnerable to 'harvest now, decrypt later' attacks.
Flashpaper is a self-destructing secret sharing service that encrypts data in the browser with zero-knowledge, stores payloads in RAM only (no database), and provides a REST API and MCP server for AI agents.
This IEEE Spectrum article recounts the story of Colossus, the world's first large-scale programmable electronic digital computer, built by Tommy Flowers to crack Germany's advanced Lorenz cipher during World War II, and notes its upcoming IEEE Milestone dedication ceremony at Bletchley Park.
The article proposes a modern email protocol called HMTP built on top of HTTP, replacing SMTP components with existing technologies like WebFinger, ActivityPub, and HPKE to fix design flaws.
US prosecutors charge Sam Tunick after his GrapheneOS phone factory reset during an airport search, raising legal questions about privacy-focused operating systems and constitutional rights at borders.
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to all US users, allowing them to connect medical records and health-tracking data, with claims of clinician-level reasoning and integration with GPT-5.6 Sol.
binthere is a zero-knowledge, end-to-end encrypted pastebin that self-destructs after one read. It uses AES-256-GCM encryption in the browser, stores only ciphertext on Cloudflare Workers, and includes a CLI client.
Apple successfully defeats liability claims for not scanning iCloud for CSAM, with the court ruling Section 230 immunity applies, though the judge expressed displeasure with Apple's actions.
Analyseert de technische en juridische uitdagingen voor Amerikaanse bedrijven om gegevens te versleutelen zodat de Amerikaanse overheid er niet bij kan, met voorbeelden zoals Microsoft Double Key Encryption en Solvinity.
An open-source hardware project called Phantomdrive creates a USB drive that appears as a small disk while hiding an encrypted AES-256 partition, protecting data from coercion.
This article traces the history of email from its decentralized, trust-based origins to its modern security issues, explaining how protocols like SMTP and MIME emerged as workarounds for technical limitations but left email vulnerable to eavesdropping and tampering.
The article explores the unsolved problem in computer science of finding the fastest possible multiplication algorithm, tracing its history from the grade-school O(n²) method to modern breakthroughs like Karatsuba's 1960 discovery and the recent 2024 result, and explains why this matters for AI, encryption, and other digital tasks.
In a Decoder podcast, Proton CTO Bart Butler discusses the company's philosophy of selling trust through privacy-centric products, the challenges of scaling while maintaining core values, and how it navigates government requests for user data, including a case where the Swiss government helped unmask a protester.
The article details the remaining technical work needed to implement end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for ActivityPub, breaking it down into fundamental messaging, security, and authenticity goals, and explains how key transparency and MLS protocols fit into the effort.
The article argues that while encrypted subagent prompts protect message contents, they still require a local audit trail for debugging and reconstructing agent actions.