Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using spyware tools that can intercept encrypted messages as part of the agency's efforts to disrupt fentanyl traffickers, according to a letter sent last week ...

Every single day of the Trump II presidency is another display of performative racism, but today’s news — punctuated by last night’s address on the Iran War — is especially saturated with the casual ...

Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require nearly the resources anticipated just a year or two ago, two independently ...

In an unexpected update, Meta Inc. announced plans to discontinue its end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct chats on Instagram, its video-sharing platform. As the decision will take effect after May ...

This is all so bonkers that I want to give it a little extra attention in today’s Morning Memo. The nonprofit consortium that runs the National Center for Atmospheric Research has sued the Trump ...

As artificial intelligence fuels a surge in convincing deepfakes and quantum computing advances toward real-world use, researchers have developed a quantum-safe encryption system designed to protect ...

A new Bloomberg piece on a key figure in the Trump DOJ could have real-world, on-the-ground implications for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s vindictive prosecution claim. The subject of the profile is ...

From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful. Rarely ...

Apple added RCS support to iPhone with iOS 18.1, enabling richer cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android users. This included things like typing indicators, read receipts, and ...

A new encryption initiative from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urges large technology and communications companies to follow through on previously made data and privacy protection promises ...

A strange new forum has popped up this week called Moltbook. It’s said to be a Reddit-style forum, but made specifically to allow AI agents and bots to post and conversate with one another. It’s a ...