crypto wars Debunking "ghost users": MI5's plan to backdoor all secure messaging platforms Cory Doctorow

trumpism The DoJ's top crypto warrior wants "strong" encryption that he can break at will Cory Doctorow

privacy 540 million Facebook users' data exposed by third party developers Cory Doctorow

picks Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox & WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels are leaving Xeni Jardin

security Job opening: senior security engineer to work on SecureDrop and protect whistleblowers Cory Doctorow

Gadgets What should go in an IoT safety-rating sticker? Cory Doctorow

Business Chinese iPhones crash when users try to type Taiwanese flag characters Cory Doctorow

security Efail: can email be saved? Cory Doctorow

fbi Joshua Schulte named as suspect in 'Vault 7' leak of CIA tools to Wikileaks, but charged instead over child porn Xeni Jardin

happy mutants A vital guide to the Canadian encryption debate Cory Doctorow

Business Democratic Senators propose federal breach disclosure law with 5-year prison sentences for covering up data-loss Cory Doctorow

security UK Home Secretary evolves the self-serving crypto-denialism argument with exciting new bullshit Cory Doctorow

web theory The UK government's voice-over-IP standard is designed to be backdoored Cory Doctorow

corruption Congress wants to know if agencies were compromised by the backdoor in Juniper gear (and where it came from) Cory Doctorow

UK's GCHQ spy agency pushes VOIP crypto protocol that 'facilitates mass surveillance,' says researcher Xeni Jardin

security FBI tells tech companies offering encryption to reconsider “their business model” Xeni Jardin

security The FBI has no trouble spying on encrypted communications Cory Doctorow