795-bit factoring and discrete logarithms achieved using more efficient algorithms.

Strong data encryption thwarts criminals and preserves privacy. At the same time, it complicates law enforcement investigations. A Carnegie working group looks to move the debate forward.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Friday that Facebook Inc’s proposal to encrypt its popular messaging programme would turn the platform into a “dream come true for predators and child pornographers.”

The US government is renewing its efforts to talk tech firms out of using end-to-end encryption methods that would keep police from snooping on conversations. The Department of Justice on Friday held what it dubbed the "Lawful Access Summit," a morning-long presentation aimed at convincing people that police must be able to see all conversations on messaging platforms in order to protect the public, specifically children, from predators.

In every country of the world, the security of computers keeps the lights on, the shelves stocked, the dams closed, and transportation running. For more than half a decade, the vulnerability of our computers and computer networks has been ranked the number one risk in the US Intelligence Community’s Worldwide Threat Assessment – that’s higher than terrorism, higher than war. Your bank balance, the local hospital’s equipment, and the 2020 US presidential election, among many, many other things, all depend on computer safety.

Motherboard has obtained a leaked presentation internet service providers are using to try and lobby lawmakers against a form of encrypted browsing data.

Claims Toshiba is developing secure quantum cryptography should be taken with a quantum of salt, a number of cybersecurity experts say.

By Bruce Schneier.

With the recent announcement by the British Government (specifically David Cameron) on wanting to ban civilian encryption in the UK (or at least requiring ALL encryption used have Government keys or back-doors), it is important to understand the danger in that. NO ENTITY can even be 80% sure that the back-doors (etc.) in any product or network won't be used by/for nefarious purposes. Period. It hurts us all equally in the long run. Today's gov. spy program is tomorrow's organized crime tool.

James Comey, the director of the FBI, told a Senate committee Wednesday that the government should have the right to lawfully access any device or electronic form of communication with a lawful court order, even it is encrypted.

The U.S. government wants to stop terrorists and criminals from 'going dark.' But at what cost?

If it were possible, would proponents of “backdoor” access to encrypted communication also favor equivalent access to the private thoughts in our brains? By Conor Friedersdorf.

Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

This is how ANC operatives sent encrypted messages to one another in the final years of apartheid.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that encryption makes it harder for law enforcement to track down “evildoers” — and called for a “much better, more cooperative relationship” with Apple, Google, and other tech companies that are building uncrackable private communication apps into their new products.

Jeb Bush’s conclusions regarding encryption are fundamentally flawed, because they ignore one simple inevitable fact. The Internet is going dark. What does “going dark” mean? It means that because we are arriving at the dawn of a new era — an era defined by the pervasiveness and ubiquity of strong encryption on a global scale — all intercepted Internet traffic will soon be unreadable.

In the last few weeks, I’ve had several interesting conversations concerning email encryption. I’m also trying to develop some concept of what areas Thunderbird should view as our special emphases as we look forward. The question is, with our limited resources, should we strive to make better support of end-to-end email encryption a vital Thunderbird priority?

In its attempt to destroy information, GCHQ may not have realized it was creating other important information: exactly what it was doing and why.

For nearly 250 years, this book concealed the arcane rituals of an ancient order. But cracking the code only deepened the mystery. By Noah Schachtman.

Founder of Kryptnostic, Matthew Tamayo-Rios. He claims to have created the first practical application for fully homomorphic encryption, a “holy grail” for securing data.