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MS confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-24 | by Zac Bowden | get Windows Key → | tags: access, cloud, encryption

152.

Microsoft gave customers' BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI — Redmond confirms that it provides recovery keys to government agencies with valid legal orders (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-24 | by Jowi Morales | get BitLocker → | tags: access, bitlocker, encryption

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Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-21 | by Connor Jones | get Spyware → | tags: encryption, ireland, legal

154.

Worried about AI privacy? This new tool from Signal's founder adds end-to-end encryption to your chats (zdnet.com)

2026-01-20 | by Charlie Osborne | get End-to-end encryption → | tags: chatgpt, confer, conversations

155.

Secure Android and iPhone RCS messaging just got a big step closer (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-15 | get Secure Messaging → | tags: android, apple, beta

156.

iOS 26.3 public beta 2 now available, here’s what’s new (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-13 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPhone → | tags: beta, encryption, public

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Microsoft promises to nearly double Windows storage performance after forcing slow software-accelerated BitLocker on Windows — new CPU hardware-accelerated crypto will also improve battery life, but requires new CPUs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-24 | by Kunal Khullar | get Windows Storage → | tags: accelerated, accelerated bitlocker, bitlocker

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After forcing slow software-accelerated BitLocker on Windows, Microsoft will nearly double storage performance with new CPU hardware-accelerated crypto — will improve battery life also, but feature requires new CPUs that aren't available on the market yet (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-24 | by Kunal Khullar | get BitLocker → | tags: accelerated, accelerated bitlocker, bitlocker

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Microsoft wants to fix BitLocker's slowdown with hardware acceleration (techspot.com)

2025-12-24 | get Hardware Accelerator → | tags: accelerated, accelerated encryption, accelerating

160.

There Is No Future for Online Safety Without Privacy and Security (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | by Session Token | get Data → | tags: encryption, foundation, privacy

161.

Coupang breach affecting 33.7 million users raises data protection questions (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-22 | get E-commerce platform → | tags: breach, coupang, encryption

162.

RansomHouse upgrades encryption with multi-layered data processing (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-20 | get DataGuard → | tags: encryption, encryptor, file

163.

Independent review of UK national security law warns of overreach (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-18 | by Chiara Castro | get National Security Law → | tags: encryption, lawmakers, national

164.

Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' claims UK watchdog (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-18 | by Chiara Castro | get Secure Messaging → | tags: encryption, lawmakers, national

165.

Beyond RC4 for Windows Authentication (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-17 | by Matthew Palko | get OpenSSL → | tags: account, accounts, authentication

166.

How a VPN works (and why you should care) (engadget.com)

2025-12-17 | get Virtual Private Network → | tags: advertisement, encryption, server

167.

Microsoft Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows Hacks (wired.com)

2025-12-17 | by Dan Goodin | get Encryption cipher → | tags: cipher, default, encryption

168.

Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-15 | get Encryption → | tags: attack, cipher, default

169.

Poor Johnny still won't encrypt (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-13 | by Jp Aumasson | get SecureDoc → | tags: email, encryption, file

170.

Using Kohler's Poop-Analysis Camera? Double-Check This Key Privacy Setting First (cnet.com)

2025-12-04 | by See Full Bio | get Camera → | tags: dekoda, encryption, health

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‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-03 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Smart Toilet Camera → | tags: disrupt waitlist, encryption, kohler

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Kohler Can Access Pictures from "End-to-End Encrypted" Toilet Camera (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-03 | get Camera → | tags: encryption, end encryption, end end

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Android's latest enterprise update shows encrypted work texts aren't as private as they look (techspot.com)

2025-12-01 | get Encryption → | tags: android, android offers, communication

174.

Tor switches to new Counter Galois Onion relay encryption algorithm (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-11-25 | get Counter Galois → | tags: authentication, cell, encryption

175.

Data-at-Rest Encryption in DuckDB (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-20 | by Lotte Felius | get Data-at-Rest Encryption → | tags: database, duckdb, encrypted

176.

Cypherpunks Hall of Fame (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-19 | get Bitcoin → | tags: cypherpunk, digital, encryption

177.

X Chat rolling out on iPhone with E2EE, voice & video calls, editing, and more (9to5mac.com)

2025-11-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Camera → | tags: chat, encrypted, encryption

178.

This 2TB Crucial T710 Gen 5 SSD is down to $170 (techspot.com)

2025-11-17 | get SSD → | tags: aes encryption, capacity, capacity aes

179.

Kraken ransomware benchmarks systems for optimal encryption choice (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-11-13 | get Encryption → | tags: cisco, encryption, files

180.

Germany Reaffirms Opposition to EU Chat Control as Europe’s Privacy Debate Heats Up (techreport.com)

2025-11-03 | by Anya Zhukova | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: chat, chat control, control