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Lawsuit claims WhatsApp encryption is a lie; cryptography professor weighs in (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-03 | by Ben Lovejoy | related products | tags: access, claims, encryption

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New EFF campaign urges Apple and other tech companies to ‘Encrypt It Already’ (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-30 | by Marcus Mendes | related products | tags: apple, encryption, end encryption

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Microsoft fixes Outlook bug blocking access to encrypted emails (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-30 | related products | tags: build, classic, classic outlook

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Microsoft may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon valid request - here's how to keep it safe (zdnet.com)

2026-01-30 | by Lance Whitney | related products | tags: bitlocker, cloud, encryption

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The EFF is publicly shaming tech companies for dragging their feet on privacy (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-29 | related products | tags: apple, campaign, encryption

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How to keep your PC encryption key safe - from Microsoft and the FBI (zdnet.com)

2026-01-28 | by Lance Whitney | related products | tags: bitlocker, cloud, encryption

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Your BitLocker-secured Windows PC isn't so secure after all - unless you do this (zdnet.com)

2026-01-26 | by Lance Whitney | related products | tags: bitlocker, cloud, encryption

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How to encrypt your PC's disk without giving the keys to Microsoft (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-26 | related products | tags: bitlocker, encryption, keys

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Contrasting Apple standing up to FBI with Microsoft BitLocker keys isn’t fair (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-26 | by Ben Lovejoy | related products | tags: access, apple, encryption

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Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data (theverge.com)

2026-01-24 | by Terrence O'Brien | related products | tags: encryption, encryption keys, forbes

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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 | related products | tags: access, cloud, encryption

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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 | related products | tags: access, bitlocker, encryption

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Microsoft Gave FBI a Set of BitLocker Encryption Keys To Unlock Suspects' Laptops (slashdot.org)

2026-01-23 | related products | tags: bitlocker, case, drives

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Microsoft Gave FBI Keys to Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-23 | related products | tags: data exposing, encrypted, encrypted data

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Ireland Wants To Give Its Cops Spyware, Ability To Crack Encrypted Messages (slashdot.org)

2026-01-21 | by Posted | related products | tags: announcement, communication, communications

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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 | related products | tags: encryption, ireland, legal

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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 | related products | tags: chatgpt, confer, conversations

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

2026-01-15 | related products | tags: android, apple, beta

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

2026-01-13 | by Ryan Christoffel | related products | tags: beta, encryption, public

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UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-10 | by Cam Wakefield | related products | tags: encrypted, government, just

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Microsoft: Classic Outlook bug prevents opening encrypted emails (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-07 | related products | tags: classic, classic outlook, emails

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Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-04 | by View Archive | related products | tags: email, encrypted, just

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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 | related products | 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 | related products | tags: accelerated, accelerated bitlocker, bitlocker

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

2025-12-24 | related products | tags: accelerated, accelerated encryption, accelerating

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

2025-12-22 | by Session Token | related products | tags: encryption, foundation, privacy

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

2025-12-22 | related products | tags: breach, coupang, encryption

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

2025-12-20 | related products | tags: encryption, encryptor, file

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

2025-12-18 | by Chiara Castro | related products | tags: encryption, lawmakers, national

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

2025-12-18 | by Chiara Castro | related products | tags: encryption, lawmakers, national