Encrypted data

If you liked it on mobile, you can now have the app praised by Edward Snowden and security experts: Signal has rolled out desktop support. Open Whispers Systems, the developers behind the encrypted chat app available for iPhone, has announced a new update to its iPhone app enabling multi-device support. This means you can switch...

The legal saga between the FBI and Apple continues with another chapter in favour of Apple: although the 40 tech companies the New York Times mentioned in an earlier report didn’t file the amicus brief so far, seven security experts did (via The Verge)

The day Apple has been waiting for has arrived: Apple SVP and general counsel Bruce Sewell presented the company's views on encryption in front of the targeted forum, the Congress. Apple's general counsel appeared to answer questions about the company's case against the FBI but didn't offer a solution – when asked – to what...

A new article published today by CNN (via Daring Fireball) has highlighted the fact that only a fraction of Android devices offer encryption, making it fairly easy for police to extract data from them. Even though 97% of Android phones seem to offer encryption as an option, only 35% of them actually prompt the users to turn...

As probably expected by most industry watchers, Apple has filed a motion to reverse the court order that demanded the company to develop software that weakens iOS security, hence allowing the FBI to crack open the iPhone 5c used by Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino shooters (via TechInsider). In a call with the...

(FBI Director James B. Comey) According to The Washington Post, U.S. tech giants including Apple and Google and urging President Obama to reject any government proposal that gives law enforcement agencies access to users’ encrypted phone data. The source reports that a letter prepared by a coalition of tech firms, security experts and others has appealed the...