Google's new Chat app is not even out yet, and already being criticized for its approach and lack of encryption. Read more as to our take of why that is.
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It's a small box that allows law enforcement officials to crack into an iPhone 6s or an iPhone X. Will it be useful in the next year?
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Despite its popularity among local government officials, Telegram messaging access is to be shut down in Russia following a court order.
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On the whole, it's safe for Android devices to interact with Wi-Fi
— even with the KRACK bug in effect — but it'd be nice to get that patch expedited.
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Another dreaded encryption fight could be up for the most profitable company that happens to work in technology and the FBI.
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A phone that's physically secure not only offers you an extra layer of protection in terms of privacy and security but also keeps you out of trouble.
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Some great phones get greater, but only for government purposes. The still great original phone gets another discount from an online retailer.
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It remains unclear just how secure are the mobile devices used by US President Donald Trump for tweeting, including a 'new iPhone' and mystery Android.
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Android and iOS instant messaging app Viber adds Secret Chat functionality to a bag of tricks also including encryption and "secret messages."
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Israel-based Cellebrite, the company rumored to have sold the FBI a zero-day exploit for the iPhone 5c at the center of a terrorism investigation, is also rumored to be in talks with the Indian government to sell another exploit that may unlock “iPhones and other electronic devices with top-notch encryption,” according to The Economic Times‘s sources from within the Forensic Science Laboratory.
As part of the country’s law enforcement, the FSL may seek to serve as “a global hub for cases where law enforcement is unable to break into phones,” one anonymous official said. The technology could penetrate through the encryption layers of iOS 8 and above as well as Android devices. The FSL has consulted Cellebrite for exploits on a per-case basis, but it could be a month away from obtaining a complete tool to crack the codes.
The FBI reportedly paid millions of dollars to Cellebrite for a decryption tool to access information inside the iPhone of Syed Farook, one of the suspected perpetrators of a mass shooting in San Bernardino that killed 14 and injured dozens last December. The firm has sold products to and worked with multiple governments on investigations where content on a conventionally inaccessible phone is wanted.
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The words you say and the content you send via iMessage is encrypted from end-to-end. But police can still request Apple to see who you sent all those messages to.The Intercept has obtained an internal document that reveals how the company logs phone numbers every time you start a new conversation in what’s now officially known as the Messages app.Once you type a number in, iMessages riles through Apple’s servers to figure if it should convey messages through SMS or through Apple’s ...
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The highest-profile battle over privacy and technology has not ended. In fact, it may have only just begun with a lawsuit filed by three news organizations against the FBI.You may recall that the agency wanted Apple to decrypt an iPhone 5c in the possession of Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the perpetrators of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 people and wounded 24 others. Farook and co-perpetrator, wife Tashfeen Malik, were killed shortly after their attack. The FBI claimed it ...
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Based on Chinese shores, relatively big in India, and virtually unknown as far as Western audiences are concerned, Gionee is a smartphone manufacturer accustomed to making headlines with records and firsts.For quite a while, the largely budget-focused OEM was busy setting the bar and upping the ante for the world’s thinnest handhelds, whereas
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen took the time at his company’s Security Summit this week to once again rip Apple, “the other fruit company” to shreds for defending its encryption against the FBI regarding an iPhone used by a suspect in a mass shooting.“I found that disturbing as a citizen. I think BlackBerry, like any company, should have a basic civil responsibility,” Chen said. “If the world is in ...
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US law enforcement may have inadvertently done the tech industry a favor by fighting Apple so hard on iOS data protection, arousing the consumers’ interest in encryption at previously unprecedented levels.This offered companies like Google and Facebook, in addition to the iPhone makers, great ...
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