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Some Jihadists Are Really Bad At Recommending Encryption

10.25.15

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Some Popular ‘Self Encrypting’ Hard Drives Have Really Bad Encryption

10.20.15

By Joseph Cox
Tech

The Obscure 1789 Statute That Could Force Apple to Unlock a Smartphone

10.13.15

By Sarah Jeong
Tech

Researchers Say They Have Designed an ‘Unhackable’ Fiber Network

10.02.15

By Nicole Kobie
Tech

Facebook Is Adding New Encryption Options Even Though It Doesn’t Have To

09.22.15

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Cuba’s Mysterious ‘Numbers Station’ Is Still on the Air

09.16.15

By Janus Rose
Tech

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09.10.15

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Millions of Volkswagen Cars Have Been Hackable for Years Say Researchers

08.14.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

Pakistan Is Ordering Telecom Companies to Ban BlackBerry Encrypted Messaging

07.24.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

The Social Network Supposedly Endorsed by Anonymous Isn’t So Secure After All

06.24.15

By Joseph Cox
Tech

The New York Times and Pinterest Have a Hidden Message for Developers

03.31.15

By Kaleigh Rogers
Tech

It’s Not Just Apple: US Spies Tried to Crack Microsoft Windows’ Encryption Too

03.11.15

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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