Encryption is a term that many of us have come across, but what does it mean? To put it simply, encryption is the encoding of information. Various online services use it to keep your data private and ...

The backlash against the encryption-busting Online Safety Bill continues to grow, suggesting the United Kingdom could soon face a looming exodus of secure messaging apps. First drafted in May 2021, ...

The head of Meta’s WhatsApp messaging service has traveled to the UK to whip up a row with the government about end-to-end encryption. Speaking to journalists in London on Thursday, Will Cathcart did ...

A European Commission proposal could force tech companies to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and evidence of grooming, even when those messages are supposed to be ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It joins the operators of other end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp in expressing ...

UK politicians – just like the rest of us – rely on encryption all day, every day, to protect their physical safety, keep their conversations private, and safeguard their families and their finances.

Nearly 70 IT security and privacy academics have added to the clamour of alarm over the damage the U.K.’s Online Safety Bill could wreak to, er, online safety unless it’s amended to ensure it does not ...

In context: The UK's highly controversial Online Safety Bill, often referred to as the Snoopers' Charter, which many warn could have a global impact on encryption standards, is in the final stages of ...

Every time you send an email, shop online, or log in to your account, your information is vulnerable to being intercepted. This is where encryption helps to protect your information from hackers and ...

Technology companies that offer encrypted messaging services, such as WhatsApp, could be required to introduce technology to identify child sexual abuse (CSA) material or risk the threat of large ...