Encryption

We'll work with Indian organisations on online safety: Julie Inman Grant

Other countries are looking to set up institutions like the Australian one dedicated to protect people from digital harm, says Julie Inman Grant

Google's client-side encryption for Gmail enters beta

With this, the customers will retain control over encryption keys and the identity service to access those keys

Twitter starts working on end-to-end encryption for direct messages

Musk had announced that the micro-blogging platform would soon allow organisations to identify their associated accounts

Telegram founder warns users to stay away from WhatsApp yet again

Founder Pavel Durov claimed that the company has been keeping the user's data under surveillance for the past 13 years

Nobel physics prize goes to sleuths of 'spooky' quantum science

Winners opened the way to powerful new quantum technologies; findings enabled work on quantum computers, encryption

Zoom brings end-to-end encryption for its cloud phone service 'Zoom Phone'

Video chat app Zoom has announced that it is bringing end-to-end encryption feature to its cloud phone service Zoom Phone and it will soon be available on Breakout Rooms.

Veiled threats to privacy

Every VPN operating in India will now require to do the KYC for users and keep logs of their usage for five years

What is encryption and how does it protect our data?

The Indian government's recent faceoff with WhatsApp could mean a compromise one the latter's end-to-end encryption. Do we really understand what end-to-end encryption is? Let's decode this concept

TMS Ep58: Privatisation, Google smartwatch, RBI rates, encryption

Is India getting its act together on privatisation? Will Google's smartwatch set the pulse racing? Will RBI maintain the status quo on rates? How does encryption protect data? Find all answers here

WhatsApp's competitor Signal tests peer-to-peer payments via cryptocurrency

Encrypted messaging app Signal has announced that it is working to let users send money in cryptocurrency to friends and relatives

Why encryption backdoors spell the death of privacy

If we wish to preserve free and open soci­eties, then we must preserve the privacy and security of our online communications

Only 1 in 250 understand role of encryption in securing messaging: Study

Encryption is the practice of scrambling data to make it unintelligible for even the service providers

WhatsApp working on encrypted chat backups for iCloud and Google Drive

The feature is still under development and there is no release date available as of now, said the WABetaInfo in a post published on Twitter

Big Brother syndrome

New rules for digital media have troubling implications

Swiss firm Terra Quantum uncovers vulnerabilities that imperil encryption

The company believes it's found a security weakness that could jeopardise the confidentiality of the world's internet data, banking transactions and emails

WhatsApp rival Hike shuts down, removed from Playstore, Apple App store

Homegrown instant messaging app Hike Messenger, later known as Hike Sticker Chat, has been officially shut down

India joins UK-led campaign against encrypted social media messages

India among 7 countries to back a UK-led campaign against end-to-end encryption of messages by social media giants such as Facebook, which they say hinder law enforcement by blocking access to them

Zoom plans to offer end-to-end encryption to free, paying customers

The company will also be using AES 256 GCM transport encryption as its default, which it describes as "one of the strongest encryption standards in use today"

Zoom plans to roll out strong encryption but for its paid customers

Zoom has attracted millions of free and paying customers amid the pandemic, in part because users could join a meeting - something that now happens 300 million times a day - without registering

Vulnerability in Zoom app let hackers steal your Windows password: Report

Another media report claimed that Zoom doesn't use end-to-end encryption to protect calling data of its users