Tag: Technology

If the U.S. weakens cybersecurity in order to strengthen national security, it could also have the unintended effect of helping foreign governments and hackers to spy on American citizens.

On encryption battle, FBI stands alone

Rudy Takala · April 4, 2016 4:01 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: FBI’s decryption secrets

Washington Examiner · April 1, 2016 4:00 pm

Prosecutors suggested on Tuesday that Apple's position may become immaterial in the days ahead, advising the court that they may "modify" their request for assistance by April 11. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)

Feds debate whether to drop case against Apple in New York

Rudy Takala · March 30, 2016 2:02 am

End-to-end encryption prevents messages from being read by hackers or snooping governments while in transit. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Google takes credit for increasing encrypted emails by 25 percent

Rudy Takala · March 25, 2016 2:41 pm

Officials reported the software being used was identical to what they agency had been asking Apple to create. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Report: FBI testing encryption-breaking software

Rudy Takala · March 24, 2016 8:31 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff said in a statement, "In the wake of these attacks, we here in the U.S. and our allies across Europe must be on alert for possible copy-cat attackers who activate in the wake of these bombings." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top intel Democrat sounds alarm on encryption in Brussels

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 12:01 pm

—œAnd I promise you that [Apple CEO] Tim Cook and Apple are not going to be happy with the solution that the FBI has come up with, because it is almost as bad as a universal master key," said John McAfee. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

McAfee: FBI likely creating ‘master key’ for Apple devices

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 12:30 am

Snowden slams FBI for perjury

Rudy Takala · March 22, 2016 12:34 pm

The FBI said it may have found a way to unlock the iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino attacker. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster,File)

FBI says it may be able to hack terrorist’s iPhone

Anna Giaritelli · March 21, 2016 11:17 pm

"The bipartisan encryption working group will examine the issues surrounding this ongoing national debate," Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Fred Upton, R-Mich., said Monday. (AP Photo)

Encryption gets its Gang of Eight

Joel Gehrke · March 21, 2016 9:19 pm

"We did not expect to be in this position at odds with our own government," Tim Cook said at the ceremony for the new iPhone SE. (AP Photo)

Apple CEO vows to protect customers from the feds

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 9:02 pm

"The three teams in Paris were comparatively disciplined," according to a 55-page report compiled by French authorities and reported by The New York Times over the weekend. (AP Photo)

National Security

Report: Paris terrorists used phones without encryption

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 4:42 pm