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In 1994, American mathematician Peter Shor developed a quantum algorithm with the potential to dismantle major cryptography schemes. If realized in quantum hardware, Shor’s algorithm would…

Fully encrypted email has been available in at least some form for Gmail since the end of 2022, but now it’s finally ready for mobile. Google…

TeleGuard, an app that markets itself as a secure, end-to-end encrypted messaging platform which has been downloaded more than a million times, implements its encryption so…

The entire spiel of quantum computers is that the odd principles of quantum mechanics allow them to exponentially outperform their classical counterparts. But what if the…

What you need to knowInstagram’s updated Help Center page about its end-to-end encryption states the platform’s chats will lose its strong privacy protections.Instagram states its E2EE…

According to a lawsuit brought by West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, Apple has permitted iCloud to develop into a platform for the distribution and storage…

Apple’s latest iOS 26.4 beta is now available for iPhone owners, with an added perk for RCS messaging – end-to-end encryption. But, unfortunately, that doesn’t work…

The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part…

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud…

August 2024 marked the beginning of a new era for VPN security as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the first three quantum-resistant…