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Reader wiredmikey writes: Facebook announced Friday it would roll out optional “end to end encryption” for its Messenger application, following a trend aimed at stronger security and protection against snooping. The new feature will be known as “secret… Continue reading Facebook Messenger To Get End-To-End Encryption
A commercial data transfer pact provisionally agreed by the EU executive and the United States in February received the green light from EU governments on Friday, the European Commission said, paving the way for it to come into effect next week. This w… Continue reading Privacy Shield Data Pact Gets European Approval
A commercial data transfer pact provisionally agreed by the EU executive and the United States in February received the green light from EU governments on Friday, the European Commission said, paving the way for it to come into effect next week. This w… Continue reading Privacy Shield Data Pact Gets European Approval
Emily Chung, writing for CBC: Is your antivirus protecting your computer or making it more hackable? Internet security experts are warning that anti-malware technology is becoming less and less effective at protecting your data and devices, and there’s… Continue reading Antivirus Software Is ‘Increasingly Useless’ and May Make Your Computer Less Safe
Germany doesn’t have free wi-fi at most places, especially because a German law holds the network provider accountable for any illegal activity on their network. But moving forward, the country is getting free wi-fi called “Godspots” at 3,000 churches … Continue reading And the Lord Said, ‘Let There Be Free Wi-Fi’
Kara Swisher, reporting for Recode: Under terms of a contract that has been seen by Recode, whoever acquires Yahoo might have to pay Mozilla annual payments of $375 million through 2019 if it does not think the buyer is one it wants to work with and wa… Continue reading Mozilla Could Walk Away and Still Get More Than $1 Billion If It Doesn’t Like Yahoo’s Buyer
Mark Wilson, writing for BetaNews: The UK government is on a mission to protect the young of the country from the dark recesses of the web. And by the darker recesses, what is really meant is porn. The main ISPs have long been required to block access … Continue reading UK ISP Sky Is About To Start Censoring the Web For All of Its Customers
Reader msm1267 writes: The default implementation for KeyStore, the system in Android designed to store user credentials and cryptographic keys, is broken, researchers say.>In an academic paper published this week, researchers argue that the particu… Continue reading Android KeyStore Encryption Scheme Broken
Quantum computing could potentially someday be used to retroactively break any communications that were encrypted with today’s standard encryption algorithms. Google realizes this, and hence, is ensuring that it doesn’t happen. Today, it announced that… Continue reading Google Is Working To Safeguard Chrome From Quantum Computers
Samsung said on Thursday that its second-quarter operating profit likely rose 17.4% from a year earlier. The figure marks the highest for Samsung in more than 2 years. The company adds that sales of Galaxy S7 flagship smartphone propelled its mobile ea… Continue reading Smartphones Lift Samsung To Best Profit In Over Two Years