End-to-End Encryption: The Good, the Bad and the Politics

Here’s what you need to know about the debate over end-to-end encryption It’s that time of the year when we grab our popcorn and witness another chapter in the age-old…
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Browser Updates Round-Up: Continuing the Push for HTTPS Everywhere

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are updating how SSL/HTTPS sites are displayed to users, continuing their initiative to move all internet traffic to HTTPS Google and Mozilla have recently announced…
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Digital Signatures: Why you should sign EVERYTHING

Digital Signatures play an integral role in modern business. Let’s hash out what they are, how they work and why you should be using them.
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One Year Certificate Validity is about to be on the ballot again

A planned CA/B Forum ballot would cap the max validity of SSL certificates at 397 days Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the max validity for SSL/TLS certificates…
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Twitter will deprecate support for TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 on July 15

All Twitter connections will require TLS 1.2 starting Monday On Monday, July 15, Twitter will drive another nail into the coffin of TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1. The social media…
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Encryption helped win America’s Revolutionary War

Encryption is nothing new, in fact it’s been helping secure communication for ages. Here’s how the Culper Spy Ring employed encryption to help when the United States’ independence from Britain.
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