AG Barr seeks ‘legislative solution’ to make companies unlock phones

Posted on 18/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Last December, a Saudi Arabian cadet training with the US military opened fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola, killing three soldiers and wounding eight others. The FBI recovered two iPhones, and after failing to access their data, asked Apple to unl...

How to secure your video calls like a pro

Posted on 08/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Like you, I’m angry about a lot of things right now. But if you told me my future held a cyberpunk dystopia, a highly contagious viral pandemic, plus a boatload of leadership incompetence, I absolutely would not believe that one thing pissing me off...

Zoom 5.0 update will bring much-needed security upgrades

Posted on 22/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The coronavirus pandemic has led a surge of workers, learners, family members and friends to connect with Zoom’s video conferencing platform. However, security-conscious users have been hesitant to use the app because of a variety of security concern...

EARN IT act targets online child abuse but could threaten encryption

Posted on 06/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Just as a number of tech companies and online services agreed to voluntary guidelines on protecting kids and reduce exploitation online, several senators introduced legislation that they claim will force companies to take the issue even more seriousl...

Firefox now encrypts domain name requests by default in the US

Posted on 25/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

After a brief delay, Mozilla has started to make DNS over HTTPS the default for Firefox users in the US. Notwithstanding any additional hiccups, the company says it hopes to finish the rollout sometime over the next couple of weeks. The protocol is s...

Minuscule ID chips could help spot even the smallest counterfeits

Posted on 21/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

There are times when something is simply too small to tag it with existing technology, and that can be a serious problem when you're trying to fight counterfeits. MIT researchers might have a way to tag even the tiniest devices, though. They've creat...

WhatsApp now has over 2 billion users

Posted on 12/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

WhatsApp just hit a major milestone that seemed unimaginable even for Facebook a few years ago. The messaging service has revealed that it now has over 2 billion users, a figure that its parent company reached back in 2017. It didn't explain just h...

DOJ letter reveals the FBI recently cracked an iPhone 11

Posted on 23/01/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

While the Department of Justice, US attorney general and even the president continue to pressure Apple for additional technical support in unlocking iPhones tied to the naval base shooting in December, a letter reveals that the FBI recently cracked a...

Apple reportedly dropped iCloud encryption plans amid FBI pressure

Posted on 21/01/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple encrypts your iOS device's locally stored data, but it doesn't fully encrypt iCloud backups -- and that was apprently a conscious choice. Reuters sources say Apple dropped plans for end-to-end encryption of iCloud backups (codenamed KeyDrop an...

ProtonMail debuts an encrypted calendar app

Posted on 31/12/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

ProtonMail is known for its encrypted email service, which it offers as a more secure alternative to products like Google's Gmail. In recent years, the company started by CERN researchers has begun to branch out further, offering encrypted contacts t...

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