"I think that's improving." A tech-sector source agreed that "serious discussions" on encryption may come out of the recent tragedy. But there are no easy or simple solutions. Charlie Mitchell is ...

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The prime minister has been giving mixed messages about the government's views on encryption for months, but one thing is clear: no communication is safe from the ambition of government spies. Time ...

Data breaches and exposures have become so common these days, it's difficult to keep track of them all, much less step back to mull a solution. But, perhaps out of necessity, researchers from the ...

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The creator of Cryptocat, Nadim Kobeissi, is back with another easy-to-use encryption tool. This time it’s a Chrome app that aims to make it easy to create and share single encrypted files with others ...

Mac OS X only: Disk image encryption software SecureFiles creates AES-128 encrypted volumes for securing sensitive files without a lot of hassle. Installing the application is as simple as any OS X ...

I've got a web app that's running fairly stable now. However, I want to encrypt the heck out of the user passwords and some other info that may be a bit personal. I'd like to know how other ASP ...