The UK’s war on Apple encryption is back

The UK has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a ‘back door’ that would have enabled access to the protected ...
Bleeping Computer

Discord rolls out end-to-end encryption for audio, video calls

Discord has introduced the DAVE protocol, a custom end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol designed to protect audio and video calls on the platform from unauthorized interceptions. DAVE was created ...
Computerworld

NEC, Mitsubishi link quantum encryption networks

NEC Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. have developed a method that allows their quantum encryption systems to work together, an important development on the road to the commercial use of quantum ...
InfoQ

How to Use Encryption for Defense in Depth in Native and Browser Apps

As developers, infrastructure isn’t our strength, and sometimes it’s not our job, so encryption takes a back seat to features. But for those of us who do care about defense in-depth, it makes good ...
Computer Weekly

Security Think Tank: A user’s guide to encryption

Encryption is a key component of everyday life for most people, whether messaging on WhatsApp, shopping online, reading articles over a secure HTTPS connection, or protecting their passwords when ...
The New York Times

Meta Plans to Add Encryption to Messenger, Stoking a Privacy Debate

The move is part of an effort to make the app more like WhatsApp and iMessage. Law enforcement authorities say the privacy makes it harder to track criminals. By Mike Isaac and Michael H. Keller Mike ...
9to5Mac

Discord end-to-end encryption rolling out today for audio and video calls

Discord made the announcement in a blog post. It said the E2EE protocol used, dubbed DAVE (Discord Audio & Video Encryption), has been independently audited. Today, we’ll start migrating voice and ...