You may not think much about encryption day to day, but it’s the reason the FBI can't easily get at the data on the iPhones that come into its possession; it also means if someone steals your phone, ...

Security researchers have cracked the encryption code used to protect most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, but some say the impact is being exaggerated. According to reports, cryptographer ...

Lawmakers and law enforcement agencies around the world, including in the United States, have increasingly called for backdoors in the encryption schemes that protect your data, arguing that national ...

An algorithm from the 1990s used to encrypt mobile phone data was deliberately weakened to allow eavesdropping, claims a team of cryptanalysts. It is possible the flaw could still allow access to some ...

It might be a good thing if members of organized crime groups aren’t big readers of IT news because they’d certainly be interested in this product: a cordless encryption phone. The Gigaset SL74X, ...

The request could reignite a fight between the Silicon Valley giant and law enforcement over access to encrypted technology. By Jack Nicas and Katie Benner SAN FRANCISCO — The encryption debate ...