Law enforcement wants access to encrypted communications. Creating so-called backdoors could bring with it unintended consequences, including threats to personal privacy.
Hardly a modern invention, encryption has been in use for almost 4,000 years. Take a brief journey through history as we highlight some of the seminal moments in the development of coded communications.
Security researcher Marie Moe has a personal and potentially dangerous connection to the Internet: Following a medical emergency, Moe was outfitted with a pacemaker, in which she has discovered cybersecurity vulnerabilities, she reveals at hacker conference CCC.
Shari Steele has been on the job as the executive director of the anonymizing network Tor for three weeks. She has some big goals for the small organization—including locking down funding.
Internet-connected toys are just as vulnerable to hacks as the rest of the Internet of Things. Experts worry that toymakers aren’t taking their claims seriously.
Proponents say it could greatly benefit marketing, personal productivity, and public-safety endeavors. Privacy watchdogs are concerned that people will misuse it in horrifying ways.
The Data Security and Breach Notification Act and the Data Security Act would pre-empt arguably stronger state laws and strip the FCC of authority over data security enforcement.
While Adobe Systems is making changes to better support HTML5, the animation standard isn’t about to replace its security hole-hampered software, as long predicted would happen.
Makers of the Internet of Things devices say they’re now taking security seriously, but researchers say that’s just not true—and it’s going to be a while before it is.
