Attorney General Bill Barr gave a speech yesterday at Fordham that revived the encryption debate in the U.S. after a relatively quiet period. Since the departur…
"“That shows disregard for the data security of citizens and really misapprehends how indispensable strong encryption is to Americans and to the economy of…
"Mr. Barr is assuming that the negative impacts of encryption on law enforcement investigations “far outweigh encryption’s benefits for protecting individu…
"Quitting Google is a major undertaking that may not be possible, said Jonathan Mayer, an assistant professor of computer science at Princeton University.…
High-profile data breaches at companies like British Airways and Marriott get a lot of media coverage, but cybercriminals are increasingly going after community…
"Gail Kent, Facebook’s global public policy lead on security, recently said that allowing the government’s ability to gain access to encrypted communicatio…
"“It could be curtailed by a court decision, which might come down eight years down the line,” said Omer Tene, vice president at the International Associat…
"Security experts said there's really no way to know, especially in the absence of third-party validation. "You cannot determine with certainty th…
"“Consumers really need to think about what they’re getting into,” said Richard Forno, assistant director of the Center for Cybersecurity at the University…
"Stanford University academic Riana Pfefferkorn said "unprecedented" police raids on the press had made it harder for Australia to assure securit…
"“We can’t begin to fathom how fast we’re moving to a ‘Star Trek’ world,” said Albert Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Int…
"This undermined protections granted to journalists under other national security legislation, said cybersecurity researcher Riana Pfefferkorn, an associat…