Privacy move. Smart doorbell maker adds encryption to protect video streams after security scares

Privacy move. Smart doorbell maker adds encryption to protect video streams after security scares
Research shows installations of Signal messaging app approaching one million a day, amid concern over WhatsApp data policy update
Security firm Cellebrite alleges it has cracked encryption of the most secure messaging app on the market, but Signal founder rubbishes claims
Plans by social media firms to widen the use of end-to-end encryption will put children a risk, Children Commissioner warns
Windows 10 Insider Preview test builds to have TLS 1.3 enabled by default, as Microsoft begins broad Windows 10 rollout of more secure encryption protocol
Organised crime around Europe has been dealt a huge blow after authorities cracked the encryption of a messaging system used by criminals
Privacy-focused chat app Telegram became more popular than ever in Russia during the ban and is widely used by news media and government agencies
Strategic move? Google, Facebook, Microsoft pledge to improve and standardise annual disclosures around online child exploitation
Agency says it had to develop its own tool to access two locked iPhones used by gunman who attacked Pensacola Naval Air Station in December 2019
Final encrypted message sent by Nazi military unit in the final days of the Second War World in Europe has been revealed by GCHQ
Growth of video conferencing app Zoom continues with 300 million users, and firm announces Zoom 5.0 with AES 256-bit encryption
Government says Zoom is useful for self-isolating ministers who have no access to its ultra secure video-conferencing system
Team headed by University of Glasgow develops technique for generating and detecting entangled photons at wavelength less susceptible to solar interference
Flaw in Converged Security Management Engine could allow attackers to remotely extract root cryptographic key, leading to ‘utter chaos’, researchers warn
US lawmakers intend to introduce bill in coming weeks that could clamp down on tech firms offering their users end-to-end encryption protection
Facebook-owned messaging app now used by a staggering 2 billion people, as platform defends its default use of end-to-end encryption
Privacy versus security. FBI complaint two years ago halted Apple’s plans to fully encrypt iCloud backups, it is alleged in a new report
President of the US wades into privacy and encryption case of Apple and the unlocking of iPhones belonging to dead terrorist
Here we go again. US Attorney General says Apple failed to help unlock terrorist iPhones, but Apple says it has provided all the assistance it can
FoI requests from Apricorn reveals soaring levels of missing laptops from government departments, with the Ministry Of Justice the chief culprit
Give law enforcement access to encryption or we will regulate the technology, US Senators threaten tech firms Facebook and Apple
Criticism from civil liberties groups and tech firms halts Interpol’s plan to condemn spread of encryption
Largest Google Cloud event in Europe sees search engine giant commit to enhance European data protection with additional tools
Microsoft joins Mozilla and Google after confirming it will adopt DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) as browser default
The United States, UK, and Australia sign open letter to Facebook saying encryption helps child abuse, as they demand an encryption ‘backdoor’
Two variants of ‘PDFex’ attack could allow PDF documents to be modified so that their contents are automatically exfiltrated to an attacker
Another move to strengthen its privacy credentials, as Mozilla gradually switches on DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) for its Firefox browser
Data risks highlighted after researchers uncover major breach in biometric database used by police, banks
BA e-ticketing system flaw exposes passengers details including phone numbers, email addresses etc