After eavesdropping on yet another encrypted messaging service for five months, law enforcement agencies decided to shut down the service that…
Tag: end-to-end encryption
“Legal but harmful” clause from Online Safety Bill dropped in the name of free speech
Progress for the Online Safety Bill, the landmark legislation that regulates online content in the UK, has been slow since its…
How the FBI quietly added itself to criminals’ instant message conversations
Motherboard has disclosed some information about Operation Trojan Shield, in which the FBI intercepted messages from thousands of encrypted phones around…
Campaign launched to delay social media end-to-end encryption
The many issues surrounding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) are ever-present. They usually spring up when something that could potentially affect the safety…
Pegasus spyware has been here for years. We must stop ignoring it
On July 18, a group of 17 newspaper and media organizations—aided by Amnesty International’s Security Lab and the research group Citizen…
WhatsApp reverses course, will not limit app functionality
WhatsApp, the end-to-end encrypted messaging service that has lost users, its founders, and a large amount of public goodwill, issued a…
WhatsApp calls and messages will break unless you share data with Facebook
WhatsApp told users last week that there was no need for alarm regarding an upcoming privacy policy deadline, as users who…
Signal app insists it’s so private it can’t provide subpoenaed call data
Signal—the private, end-to-end encrypted messaging app that surged in popularity in recent months—once again reminded criminal investigators that it could not…