encryption

Remember all the idiotically simple hacks that got Sony in trouble, and the intrusive data collected by Android and iOS that got users mad because it was stored in accessible plain text? Open-access WiFi network FON shows not everyone learned a lesson from all that agita.

Replacing 45,000 tokens from a population of 260 million, to lock out attackers who may already be able to reverse-engineer your security, is too shallow a "solution" to do much good.

The problem isn't that smartphones collect private data, it's that their owners don't have the tools to keep their privacy from being invaded.

Unlike other companies that have suffered major data breaches lately, LastPass pulled a server offline at the first hint of trouble and gave customers a detail of its recovery plan.

Verizon admitted in emails directly to customers that its data was among that stolen from email service company Epsilon, presumably widening the pool of potential victims.

Due to what might have been a routing glitch yesterday, friends posting to your Facebook wall might have written on the Great Wall instead.

A hacker whose day job is delivering yachts tweaked VoIP and text encryption apps to work specifically with Egyptian carriers.

A $4.99/month app for iPhones is one of a series of new products designed to make voice and data calls over cell nets secure.

Cameron's team is already enjoying release candidates of Ubuntu 10.04.

A couple of days ago a friend sent email asking whether the news that GSM security has been broken was a serious problem for cell phone users.

Isn't taking simple security precautions like encrypting confidential data a no-brainer?