The Security-Privacy Paradox: How Data Encryption Fights Cybercrime And Terrorism While Sometimes Aiding It

This growth in illicit activity has pushed encryption to the center of debates about national security, law enforcement and ...
New Scientist

The first quantum computer to break encryption is now shockingly close

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...
Engadget

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs

CANADA - 2025/07/20: In this photo illustration, the Instagram logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA ...
CoinDesk

Encryption Supremacy: Zcash and Privacy in the Age of Scale

CoinDesk Research maps five crypto privacy approaches and examines which models hold up as AI improves. Full coverage of ...
Deccan Chronicle

Instagram to Discontinue End-to-End Encryption Messaging Feature

Instagram said that end-to-end encrypted messaging on the social media platform will no longer be supported after May 8 this year. End-to-end encrypted conversations use a special key to protect ...
Wired

Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI

Moxie Marlinspike says the technology powering his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, will be integrated into Meta AI. The move could help protect the AI conversations of millions of people. Every day, ...
Android Police

Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement]

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
CoinDesk

A quantum computer may need just 10,000 qubits to empty your crypto wallets, researchers say

The research shows quantum computers may break bitcoin and ether wallet encryption with far fewer qubits than previously ...
Dark Reading

Why Post-Quantum Cryptography Can't Wait

Somewhere in the world right now, a cybercriminal is trying to steal your organization's encrypted data. They can't read it yet, but the technology needed to do so is rapidly approaching. When ready, ...
GSM Arena

Instagram is removing end-to-end encryption

In a very definitive case of 'not something that happens very often', Instagram has decided to remove end-to-end encryption (E2EE). It wasn't that long ago when Meta-owned properties like WhatsApp and ...
The Free Press Journal

Instagram End-To-End Encryption Is Being Killed: 5 Messaging Apps That Still Give You Privacy Protection

Meta has confirmed that end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Instagram Direct Messages will no lnoger be supported after May 8. If you've been using encrypted chats on Instagram, you've already likely ...
Mashable

Meta pulling end-to-end encryption on Instagram DMs

Meta is pulling its end-to-end encryption option on Instagram DMs. The company announced the change in an update to its support page and via alerts to users in the app, writing: End-to-end encrypted ...