This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing examining a Groundhog Day issue in internet policy: Should the government require tech companies to redesign their systems so that ...
After ongoing attempts in Europe, Canada is the latest country pushing for "lawful access" to data for law enforcement. This, despite cybersecurity experts warning that breaking encryption would ...
The question of whether police radio transmissions should be encrypted has strong opinions on both sides. My father was Chief on the Prior Lake Fire Department for many years, so I know how important ...
Encryption has never been so crucial for our online security as it is right now, yet so at risk – and even some cops are worried. This is the technology that the best VPN and messaging apps use to ...
State Senate Bill 1000, which would require law enforcement agencies to find alternatives to encrypted radios, was advanced by the Senate Public Safety Committee on April 19, 2022. Embarcadero Media ...
After the terrible mass murders in Dayton, Ohio, the FBI struggled for days to get into the mobile phone of the shooter to understand what happened and whether others had conspired with him. The same ...
The official pointed to Australian and U.K. laws as models for the U.S. and an emerging “international consensus” on the issue. SAN FRANCISCO — Tech companies could provide keys to decrypt information ...
As of today, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages is no longer available. DMs that you send to people on Instagram will no longer feature full encryption, and your conversations are not ...
The CEO of popular video conferencing software Zoom said the company has no plans to offer end-to-end encryption to users of its free version so it can continue working with law enforcement. During ...
Every six minutes, on average, Facebook gets a request from a U.S. government agency for information about gangs, drug trafficking or other suspected crimes, and the social network generally ...
Zoom plans to deliver stronger encryption for certain business customers, but not for free users. The strategy has received some blowback. In this article Zoom CEO Eric Yuan suggested Tuesday that ...