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FBI Director stated encryption legislation might be needed

FBI Director Christopher Wray stated his belief that a compromise can be reached resolving the "Going Dark" problem. According to Wray, the government is committed to both strong encryption and to the fulfillment of its cybersecurity mission, and Wra...

UK government still wants to be able to ban encryption

Debates in the UK House of Lords have revealed, according toThe Register, that the UK government intends that the Investigatory Powers Bill would give secretaries of states the ability to force communication service providers to 'develop and maintain...

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Australian Prime Minister Turnbull calls on Internet companies to cooperate against extremism

During a speech following the G20 summit, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged Internet companies to act more quickly against online extremism and to solve the 'problem' of encrypted content. According to Turnbull, 'Just as the owner ...

US NIST announces quantum-safe encryption algorithms

Amnesty International report: activists in Belarus rely on encryption to evade surveillance

In arecently published report titledIt's enough for people to feel it exists: Civil society, secrecy and surveillance in Belarus, Amnesty International (AI) argues that activists in Belarus are subject to extensive government surveillance, facilitate...

IT academics warn UK's Online Safety Bill could undermine encryption

Nearly 70 IT security and privacy academics have expressed concerns over the UK's Online Safety Bill, warning that it could jeopardize online safety by undermining strong encryption. In an open letter, the academics highlighted the risks posed by the...

Brazil: court orders a freeze on Facebook funds in a dispute about encrypted data

A court in Brazil has ordered a freeze on$6 million in Facebook's Brazilian bank account, in a dispute about encrypted data involving police authorities and Facebook-owned messaging application WhatsApp. The case involves a request from the Brazilian...

Five Eyes warn encryption can severely undermine public safety

Political heads of the intelligence services of "Five Eyes" alliance -Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States -addressed encryption during their meeting in Ottawa. The Joint Communiqu

Report in the US Congress says that previous efforts to regular encryption are flawed

Republican staff on the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Homeland Security has prepared a report on encryption entitledGoing Dark, Going Forward: a Primer on the Encryption Debate. The report says that previous efforts to regulate encrypti...

Study shows that privacy and security play a minor role in people's decision to use instant messaging

Arecent study conducted by researchers from Google and Carnegie Mellon University shows that peer influence is what primarily drives people to use a particular mobile instant messaging application, and that security and privacy play a minor role. Whe...

New Russian bill requires encryption backdoors in all messenger apps

According to media reports, a new bill in the Russian Duma proposes as mandatory cryptographic backdoors in all messenger applications in the country. Applications which offer encrypted messages are targeted in the 'anti-terrorism' bill, says RIA Nov...