Technology

"I think the intelligence community ... Director [James] Comey of the FBI, [Adm. Mike] Rogers of the NSA, have been pretty consistent in support of strong encryption," James Clapper said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Intel chief: Community supports strong encryption

Rudy Takala · April 25, 2016 4:37 pm

As Berin Szoka of think tank TechFreedom puts it: "Europe has a collective insecurity complex about the Internet." When it isn't attacking Google, it's trying to regulate blogs. (istock photo)

The European Union picks a fight with Google

Dan Hannan · April 25, 2016 4:02 am

Rep. Ted Lieu in February coauthored the Ensuring National Constitutional Rights for Your Private Telecommunications, or ENCRYPT Act, a bill that aims to protect strong encryption standards from being threatened by state laws. (AP photo)

Momentum shifts to pro-encryption lawmakers

Rudy Takala · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

The iPhone "helped investigators address lingering concern that the two may have [had] help, perhaps from friends and family," officials told CNN. (AP Photo)

National Security

FBI: No info is still good info when it comes to iPhone

Rudy Takala · April 19, 2016 9:05 pm

National Security

Viber app announces end-to-end encryption

Rudy Takala · April 19, 2016 1:30 pm

A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for selling 150,000 documents revealing government and military encryption secrets.

National Security

China imposes death sentence for selling encryption secrets

Rudy Takala · April 19, 2016 12:26 pm

National Security

Blackberry may have handed encryption keys to Canadian authorities

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 9:20 pm

"They're the ones on the front lines who see how warrant-proof encryption can harm investigations and jeopardize prosecutions," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a statement. "Encrypted communication shouldn't be off limits to law enforcement when there is a court order. No individual or company is above the law." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Senate leaders tout police endorsements for encryption bill

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 7:11 pm

"The reality is there are going to be thousands of phones in cases related to murder, sexual assault, economic crime, cybercrime and even terrorism that are not going to be able to be opened as a result of this policy by the tech companies," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Manhattan DA warns ‘thousands’ of devices inaccessible due to encryption

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 1:31 pm

Condemnation for the legislation, which was coauthored by Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr, came swiftly and from a broad spectrum of groups. (AP Photo)

Senators’ major encryption bill is ‘clueless’

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

The iPhone 5c, which had been used by the perpetrators of December's terrorist attack in California, served as the focal point of national controversy for more than a month. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg)

Report: Terrorist’s iPhone turned out to be useless

Rudy Takala · April 14, 2016 8:31 pm

Bill would require companies, including device and software manufacturers, to "comply with the rule of law." (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Senate bill would force Apple to help FBI with encryption

Susan Ferrechio · April 13, 2016 5:50 pm