encryption
How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime
Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots.
Republicans Who Don’t Understand Encryption Introduce Bill to Break It
Senators have introduced a new bill that would force tech companies to undermine their own encryption to help police investigate crimes.
Privacy-Focused OS Wants to Know How Facebook and the FBI Hacked it
The developers of Tails and a video player targeted by Facebook and the FBI in an operation to catch a child predator are still in the dark about how the feds hacked the software.
Texts Claim Hack of Encrypted Phone Company Used by Hitmen
Messages allegedly sent to Encrochat users warned of a law enforcement takeover. Europol said it won’t comment on "ongoing operations."
Facebook Helped the FBI Hack a Child Predator
Facebook paid a cybersecurity firm six figures to develop a zero-day in Tails to identify a man who extorted and threatened girls.
She Was Lured into Sex Slavery Through Facebook. Now She Wants to Stop Mark Zuckerberg From Making Victims ‘Invisible.’
A shareholder activist group wants Facebook to take steps to protect children from sexual abuse before implementing end-to-end encryption.
iPhone Unlocking Tech GrayKey Went Up in Price Because Hacking iPhones Got Harder
The cost of an annual license for the online version of GrayKey increased to $18,000, according to emails obtained by Motherboard.
Scientists Are Encrypting Information Using Crystals
Random numbers are hard to come by, and growing crystals inside normal computers could be one way to get them.
Government Report Reveals Its Favorite Way to Hack iPhones, Without Backdoors
Feds are once again demanding encryption backdoors, but its own data shows it can extract data from phones without them.
Trump Enters the Dumb Encryption Debate With a Dumb Tweet
We are talking about decrypting iPhones yet again because we live in hell.
The Defense Department Says It Needs the Encryption the FBI Wants to Break
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers this week worked overtime to vilify encryption, oblivious to the fact that weakening encryption standards will put the public, and the internet, at risk.
Mozilla Asks Congress to Investigate ISPs Data Collection Practices
Mozilla's letter comes after Motherboard published a Comcast lobbying document, in which the ISP pushed back against a form of browsing data encryption.