There’s been a steep rise in the number of data leak incidents. Many agencies are directly tapping into the servers of major internet companies to access users’ personal information without their ...

The desktop variant for Telegram secure messaging app fails to protect chat content locally and offers access to plain text conversations and media that otherwise travel encrypted. Telegram’s focus on ...

Android smartphones, like other phones, send text messages in plain text. The text messages can be intercepted and read on the network. The text messages could also be read by anyone with access to ...

Putting sensitive data in email messages or cloud storage should give you the heebie-jeebies, but a good dose of cryptography can give you peace of mind. Pretty Good ...

Your smartphone is going to get stolen, and whether the culprits are a pack of well-meaning pranksters or police officers breaking up a peaceful protest, you’ll want to ensure that your private data ...

Amid ever-increasing government Internet control, surveillance, and censorship in Iran, a new Android app aims to give Iranians a way to speak freely. Nahoft, which means “hidden” in Farsi, is an ...

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