encryption
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How To Protect Yourself From The NSA If You Use 1024-Bit DH Encryption
In a post last week, researchers Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger presented compelling research suggesting that the NSA has developed the capability to decrypt a large number of HTTPS, SSH, and VPN connections using an attack on common implementations of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm with 1024-bit primes. Earlier in the year, they were part…
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Report: Apple Rejected Justice Department Demands For Encrypted iMessages
The fight between law enforcement and tech companies about encryption and privacy is getting nastier than ever.
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Apple And Google Beg Obama To Reject Encryption Backdoors
A collection of tech giants — including companies such as Apple and Google, along with noted cryptologists — have sent President Obama a letter urging him to reject government proposals to include backdoors in encrypted communication systems.
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Today In US Congress, We Heard That Encryption Is Enabling Upskirt Photos
Expert testimony at a Congressional encryption hearing blaming Apple and Google’s privacy systems for allowing perverts to get away with secretly photographing vaginas and posting the pictures online. Government debate over encryption has veered into fully stupid territory.