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WhatsApp Introduces End-to-End Encryption

In a move applauded by privacy advocates, instant messaging service WhatsApp is introducing end-to-end encryption of user data on Android devices, meaning that any messages ...

November 19, 2014 at 5:10 am by

Everykey: The Wristband That Wants to Replace Your Passwords

With Google Glass and Samsung Gear, the new paradigm of wearable devices is upon us. The latest upstart to step up is Everykey, a wristband that acts as a replacement for your ...

November 11, 2014 at 5:41 am by

Smart Cable Creates Backup of Your Phone While Charging It

Cables have been to useless for to long, at least the developers behind this smart cable thinks so. This is the first of it’s kind, a cable with build in flash memory ...

September 7, 2014 at 11:57 pm by

Yahoo Starting to Add User Encryption to Its Email Service

Yahoo has announced that it will offer end-to-end encryption for its email services. The recent change seems to have been triggered by Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks, more ...

August 7, 2014 at 11:46 pm by

BitTorrent Unveils Serverless Encrypted Chat App “Bleep”

The market is already flooded with instant messaging and chat applications: WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Kik, Skype, Google Hangouts….the list goes on. However, what do ...

July 31, 2014 at 12:31 pm by

Hackers Can Get Your Wi-Fi Password By Simply Hacking Your Smart Lightbulbs

Though everyone wants to bring a variety of ‘Internet of things’ products on the market, from microwaves, to refrigerators, and even light bulbs, not everyone ...

July 8, 2014 at 8:44 pm by

Avast Releases Free Tool to Remove Simplocker Ransomware From Hijacked Phones

Security company Avast has announced the release of the avast! Ransomware Removal, a new tool designed to help compromised Google Android users decrypt files on devices ...

June 19, 2014 at 3:47 am by

New Plug-In for Chrome Might Add Extra Email Protection

Encrypting emails is one of the best practices to ensure that users’ email correspondence will remain private and secure. This is why Google is working on an end-to-end ...

June 5, 2014 at 1:36 am by

Kingston DataTraveller Locker+ G3 & HyperX 1TB Flash Drive On Show At Post-CES Event

Whilst we have seen a lot from Kingston at this years Consumer Electronics Show, but this is not to say that they have shown us everything that they have to offer. Part of the ...

February 7, 2014 at 1:40 pm by

PrivatOS-powered Blackphone To Debut At MWC, Focuses On Security And Encryption

Reports say that Silent Circle and Geeksphone have started talking about a project to create a “Blackphone”, a handset dedicated to protecting the user’s ...

January 16, 2014 at 1:47 am by

NSA Reportedly In Development Of An Encryption-Cracking Quantum Computer

According to The Register, NSA in planning to build a quantum computer capable of analysing everything that is going on the Internet. And they have a big budget allocated for ...

January 6, 2014 at 12:01 am by

Cryptocat Encrypted Chat Service Rejected By Apple

In light of the NSA scandal and many other monitoring services in 2013, it already looks like 2014 is set to be the year of privacy. Services like Cryptocat have spent the ...

December 28, 2013 at 11:05 am by

Target In Trouble Again Over Recent Hacking Attack

Target has come out saying that encrypted PINs were taken during recent cyber attack Keep calm everyone, that is the message Target is trying to get across to all affected ...

December 28, 2013 at 7:36 am by

Stealing Encryption Keys From A Computer Just By Listening

A team of researchers have managed to crack strong encryption algorithms by simply listening to a laptop as it decrypts it. I don’t mean they listened to someone type, ...

December 21, 2013 at 10:02 am by

BitTorrent’s Peer-To-Peer Chat Will Help Protect Your Identity

Privacy concerns easily made the biggest headlines this year, with NSA spying and well… every other government also spying on everyone else pretty much all the time, ...

December 20, 2013 at 9:41 am by

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