Paris Terrorism No Excuse for Anti-Encryption Efforts
Inconveniently for the U.S. intelligence community, the Paris attacks had nothing to do with encrypted communications.
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Ban Encryption? It's an Impossible Idea Whose Time Will Never Come
Of course government officials want to ban privacy-oriented technologies. They were created to thwart the grasping creatures.
Encryption Was Most Certainly Not the Reason Why the Paris Attacks Weren't Foiled
Investigators find phone data wasn't even protected at all.
After Paris Attack: "The enemies of encryption have their knives drawn."
CIA Director John Brennan: "A wakeup call particularly in areas of Europe."
Did Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Deserve Life in Prison?
Deep Web Director Alex Winter calls the sentencing an "injustice" that's "tantamount to torture."
The Government's Latest Attempt to Stop Hackers Will Only Make Cybersecurity Worse
"Cyberweapons" crackdown could be used to criminalize basic software-bug testing.
Encryption Protects Free Speech: Lavabit's Ladar Levison on Online Freedom, Net Neutrality, and Cryptography
"If we are going to continue to preserve our right to free speech in the electronic age, then we need to use tools like encryption."
The FBI Wants the Key to Your Data
Is government-resistant encryption an intolerable threat to public safety?
Encryption is Vital to Protecting Internet Security: New Report Opposes Government Mandated "Backdoors"
Governments Should All "Go Dark" When It Comes to Spying on Their Citizens
David Cameron Renews Push to Ban Encryption
Civil liberties erosions aside, it won't work-but that won't keep him from proselytizing for weakened security.
Lying Surveillance State Bootlickers Tell More Lies in Order to Spy on Americans
They want to repeal requirements for warrants and prohibitions on weakening Internet security
Federal Cybersecurity: Not Even Good Enough for Government Work
Epic government fail, yet no one is responsible.
Cloud-Based Password Service LastPass Hacked, User Data Compromised
But cryptographic tech, like that the government wants to weaken, helps mitigate the risk to users.
Russians and Chinese Got Snowden Documents the Old-Fashioned Way
By hacking the NSA computers. So says security analyst Bruce Schneier.
Giving Government 'Backdoor' Access to Encrypted Data Threatens Personal Privacy and National Security
The War on Terror is providing plenty of rhetorical ammunition to anti-encryption officials, but they are dangerously wrong.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Pushes Back on Government Efforts to Stymie Private Encryption
Weakening encryption "has a chilling effect on our First Amendment rights and undermines our country's founding principles."
U.S., British Spy Agencies Hacked Their Way Into Accessing Smartphone Encryption Keys
The latest Snowden bombshell is about your SIM card.
As U.S. Officials Fret Over Encryption, German Firms Market Secure Calls
How secure is an open question.
How to Make Life Inconvenient for Politicians Not Just on Election Day — But Every Day
Voting is fine, but there are better ways to keep government officials on their toes.
Facebook Messenger Censors (Some of) Your Favorite Porn Sites
Guess which ones made the list and which ones didn't.
You Can't Stop the Dark Net (Yet Everyone Keeps Trying)
Dark net drug sales have more than doubled since the FBI shut down Silk Road.
NSA Allegedly Knew for Years About Major Just-Discovered Internet Glitch
Heartbleed bug may have contributed to untold amounts of computer fraud
NSA Arranged Secret Contract with Computer Security Firm
Worth $10 million, as part of its system of putting backdoors into software to get access
British Government Forced Shutdown of Secure Email Service
Before Lavabit there was PrivateSky
Gov't Encryption Standard Group Warns Against Using One of Its Standards
Snowden leaked documents showing NSA had compromised it
Latest Snowden Leak Indicates 'Groundbreaking' Decryption Efforts by Feds
Trying to crack open all the Internet to see what's inside
Feds Crack Hard Drives of Child Porn Suspect Who Refused to Give Password
Had become a Fifth Amendment showdown
