encryption Tag Posts Index

Humanity's biggest problem - Part 4

Sedition, Subversion, Sabotage In the last article, Part 3, I ended with a discussion of Subversion. Obviously, subversion can be dangerous for your health. For

Is Meta Reading Your Private WhatsApp Messages?

Whistleblowers have revealed that Meta may have the ability to read your personal WhatsApp conversations, despite the app reminding you at the beginning of every

When a prospective employee asks for your public key

So, someone has asked you for a PGP/GPG public key. You just want them to send you documents to everything is legal. Why is he doing this? Isn't E-mail secure? The

COTI V2 Is Just Getting Started

Hard to believe COTI V2 was launched one year ago and just seems like much longer as so much has been squeezed in over the last 12 months. Announcement after

How to Send Encrypted Email to External Recipients Without Breaking Workflows

Many organizations need to send an encrypted email to outside parties, which breaks the flow of normal communication. Encryption improves confidentiality but introduces

Turing Award Winners

Congrats to Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard for winning the Turing Award for their industry leadership and breakthroughs with Quantum Information, specifically

Stop Using Non-Private USBs

Storing sensitive files on a normal USB drive is like writing your diary on a sticky note and leaving it in a taxi. If someone gets the drive, they get the files

Use encrypted cloud storage

Use encrypted notes app

Exploitable Entropy Deficiencies in Hardware Key Generation: Vulnerabilities in Smartphone Encryption Chips and Their Implications for Device Security

Abstract Modern smartphones rely on hardware-backed full-disk encryption (FDE) to protect user data, employing AES-256 with keys derived from hardware security modules

Stop Sending Secrets in Plain Text: A Simple Guide to PGP

PGP for Real Life: Secure Text and Files PGP encryption is a simple, powerful tool that’s often overlooked. It can make your digital life more secure without adding

Why I’m A TECHNO OPTIMIST

Would A Decentralized Version Of Signal Prevent Future Outages?

Earlier today, the private messenger Signal went down for millions of users as a result of a DNS issue at AWS (Amazon Web Services), highlighting Signal's dependence

Defending Enterprise Data Against Quantum Encryption Attacks

The quantum cliff is coming. Q-Day is the point in time when quantum computers become powerful enough to break most data encryption. It is inevitable that legacy

Quantum Cybersecurity Risks

The Cybersecurity Vault — episode 49, with guest Bob Zinga. Bob discusses the impending risks of quantum computing undermining data confidentiality. In this compelling

What Is Email Encryption and How to Do It

Email is now a vital part of both our professional and personal lives. We use it for everything from sharing photos with family to sending confidential business

EU proposal to scan all private messages gains momentum

The European Union's controversial proposal aims to mandate all messaging platforms—including those with end-to-end encryption like WhatsApp, Telegram etc—to scan

Crypto and the Quantum Threat

There is a lot of attention being given of late to the thread of quantum computing breakthroughs to crypto. This is a bit ironic since, from a security standpoint,

If at first you don't succeed.

AES data encryption was a no go Last time I was getting really frustrated that I just couldn't figure out how to get an encrypted file to be stored on the Hive

Why 'Only Terrorists & Child Abusers Oppose Blockchain, Crypto & Encryption'

The debate over free speech, encrypted communications and privacy sometimes centres on a single claim: bad actors, like terrorists and child abusers, exploit private