How to encrypt your disks
Seth Schoen at the EFF has a suggestion for an extra New Year's Resolution: Full-disk encryption on all your computers.
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Prime Suspect, or Random Acts of Keyness
The foundation of Web security rests on the notion that two very large prime numbers, numbers divisible only by themselves and 1, once multiplied together are irreducibly difficult to tease back...
View ArticleDefendant's encrypted laptop yields secrets
After seizing an encrypted laptop from defendant Ramona Fricosu, prosecutors headed into difficult waters: could she be forced to unlock it? A judge ordered her to give up the password, raising issues...
View ArticleUS doxes Bin Laden (always use encryption, kids)
CNET's Emil Protalinski reports that Osama bin Laden did not encrypt the thousands of files stored in the Pakistani compound where he was killed, and "17 of the 6,000 documents have now been publicly...
View ArticleCartoon explains how world's cutest encrypted chat service works
Cryptocat Adventure! from Nadim Kobeissi on Vimeo. Sean Bonner shared this cute video for Cryptocat, a web-based service that enables secure, encrypted online chatting and file transfer between two...
View Article70-year old wartime cipher uncracked
"A World War Two code found strapped to the leg of a dead pigeon stuck in a chimney for the last 70 years may never be broken, a British intelligence agency said on Friday."
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The Tor challenge: run a Tor node for great justice
EFF, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Free Software Foundation and The Tor Project have launched The Tor Challenge, a campaign to encourage people to run Tor nodes. "Tor is a powerful tool that helps...
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Facebook rolls out new encryption features
[caption id="attachment_379752" align="alignnone" width="930"] Reuters[/caption] An update rolled out today by Facebook allows users to post their public email encryption key on their Facebook profile,...
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A computer researcher haggled with a Russian ransomware criminal
If you accidentally install Troldash (via spam email) on your computer, it will encrypt your hard drive and lock up your files. Troldash will display an email address to contact the criminal, who will...
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If the FBI has a backdoor to Facebook or Apple encryption, we are less safe
[caption id="attachment_395288" align="alignnone" width="930"] Reuters[/caption] Freedom of the Press Foundation director Trevor Timm tells Boing Boing, Now that the USA Freedom Act is out of the way,...
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Right to Encrypt is under fire in America. Savecrypto.org is fighting for...
The Intercept just published an amazing article by Jim Bamford yesterday talking about how the NSA exploited a backdoor in Vodafone to spy on Greek politicians and journalists during the 2004...
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Why do encryption tools suck?
Mailvelope is a browser extension that is described as the easiest way for mere mortals to send PGP-encrypted messages. Researchers at Brigham Young University brought in a group of people unfamiliar...
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FBI tells tech companies offering encryption to reconsider “their business...
https://vimeo.com/148374388 Despite zero indication the people responsible for recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino used encryption, the FBI is launching an all-out PR war on crypto....
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In promoting Cybersecurity National Action Plan, White House conspicuously...
The White House released an announcement today on President Obama's Cybersecurity National Action Plan. In thousands of not actually bad at all words about cybersecurity, they managed not to say the...
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U.S. lawmakers expected to introduce major encryption bill
Two lawmakers are reported to be planning to unveil details of a major encryption bill Wednesday, as the FBI's battle with Apple continues and a debate grows over what role government should play in...
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Watch it live: FBI and Apple at House Judiciary Committee hearing 'The...
FBI Director James Comey and Apple's senior vice president and general counsel, Bruce Sewell, are scheduled to testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing today titled 'The Encryption Tightrope:...
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Watch it live: U.S. Senate floor speeches on proposed Digital Security...
From the camp of two lawmakers who recently introduced Senate legislation to establish “an independent National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges,” news that Senators Mark R. Warner...
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On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of...
Author and former CIA officer Barry Eisler spoke at the Association of Former Intelligence Officers opposite ex-CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden on Monday. Below, an adaptation of his opening...
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Apple-FBI crypto hearing was surprisingly hostile to FBI Director James Comey
The House Judiciary committee hearing today titled, “The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy” ended up being full of drama, and riveting moments of confrontation--along...
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