This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing examining a Groundhog Day issue in internet policy: Should the government require tech companies to redesign their systems so that ...
Detractors — and defenders — of a Liberal government bill promising law enforcement and intelligence agencies easier access ...
Encryption has never been so crucial for our online security as it is right now, yet so at risk – and even some cops are worried. This is the technology that the best VPN and messaging apps use to ...
The question of whether police radio transmissions should be encrypted has strong opinions on both sides. My father was Chief on the Prior Lake Fire Department for many years, so I know how important ...
On May 21, 2026, the Texas Attorney General filed suit against Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) and WhatsApp, LLC (WhatsApp) in ...
As of today, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages is no longer available. DMs that you send to people on ...
After the terrible mass murders in Dayton, Ohio, the FBI struggled for days to get into the mobile phone of the shooter to understand what happened and whether others had conspired with him. The same ...
The official pointed to Australian and U.K. laws as models for the U.S. and an emerging “international consensus” on the issue. SAN FRANCISCO — Tech companies could provide keys to decrypt information ...
Every six minutes, on average, Facebook gets a request from a U.S. government agency for information about gangs, drug trafficking or other suspected crimes, and the social network generally ...