Technology

That was up from 51 percent at the same time the previous year. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Google: 77 percent of searches now encrypted

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 4:58 pm

WhatsApp, which was purchased by Facebook in 2014, is most commonly used to exchange messages overseas.

Encrypted Facebook application becomes latest problem for feds

Rudy Takala · March 14, 2016 12:42 am

"My conclusion so far is you cannot take an absolutist view on this," Obama said. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Obama no ‘absolutist’ in encryption debate

Susan Crabtree · March 12, 2016 1:20 am

"My point is to bring to the American public the problem that the FBI is trying to [fool] the American public," John McAfee said. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz/File)

McAfee claims he lied about hacking iPhone to get a ‘s—load of attention’

Rudy Takala · March 8, 2016 5:57 pm

Privacy advocates warn that Apple being forced to unlock a device will establish a precedent for the future. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Feds seek to force Apple cooperation in New York drug case

Rudy Takala · March 8, 2016 3:02 am

"We will return the option for full-disk encryption with a Fire OS update coming this spring." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren/File)

Amazon reverses position on encryption

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 4:11 pm

Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., a Marine Corps Reserve veteran who represents the military-heavy region around Virginia Beach, penned an open letter calling on Republicans to oppose Trump "based on his judgment, temperament and character." (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Surveillance hawks agree with Trump, but don’t support him

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 5:01 am

An iPhone forensics expert said a "pathogen" was equivalent to a "magical unicorn might exist on this phone." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Terrorist’s iPhone may contain ‘dormant cyberpathogen’

Rudy Takala · March 4, 2016 5:09 pm

In a new OS update, the option to use encryption has been removed on Kindle e-readers and other devices that uses its Fire operating systems, including cellular devices, tablets and televisions. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Amazon removes encryption from its products

Rudy Takala · March 3, 2016 10:41 pm

There are limits on what I can say about the case that's been in the news lately, I'm sure you know which one I'm talking about, particularly because it's under litigation and it's a law enforcement matter,? Ash Carter said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Ash Carter: Apple case shouldn’t set encryption precedent

Joel Gehrke · March 2, 2016 6:08 pm

Rep. Issa schools FBI director on phone tech

Rep. Issa schools FBI director on phone tech

Rudy Takala · March 1, 2016 7:34 pm

"[C]an you appreciate our frustration that this case appears to be little more than end run around this committee?" Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., asked FBI Director James Comey. (AP Photo)

House Dem: FBI seeking end run around Congress

Rudy Takala · March 1, 2016 7:17 pm