Tag: Technology

Professor Matthew Green suggested that if his team was able to discover a flaw in iMessages, it was likely that other flaws exist on Apple products that law enforcement officials should be able to discover. (iStock photo)

Researchers discover security flaw in Apple messaging

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 3:29 pm

Congressional Republicans cannot be trusted to strike the right balance between privacy and national security in encryption legislation, White House spokesman said. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Obama admin doesn’t trust GOP on encryption

Nicole Duran · March 18, 2016 7:35 pm

Even if the federal government wins a court battle to compel Apple to help break into one of its devices, the company's engineers may still refuse to comply. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Apple engineers may resist writing hacking software for feds

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 12:37 pm

"I was brought up in a time when communist Russia under Stalin was thought to be, everybody is spied on, everybody is looked into, every little thing can get you secretly thrown into prison," Wozniak said. "We had our Bill of Rights. And it's just dear to me. The Bill of Rights says some bad people won't do certain bad things because we're protecting humans to live as humans." (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Apple co-founder calls federal effort to bypass encryption ‘dangerous’

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 8:12 pm

"We're in this bizarre position where we're defending the civil liberties of the country against the government," Cook said. "I mean, I never expected to be in this position. The government should always be the one defending civil liberties, and yet there's a role-reversal here. I still feel like I'm in another world, that I'm in this bad dream." (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Apple CEO ‘deeply offended’ by government actions

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 2:44 pm

That was up from 51 percent at the same time the previous year. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Google: 77 percent of searches now encrypted

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 4:58 pm

WhatsApp, which was purchased by Facebook in 2014, is most commonly used to exchange messages overseas.

Encrypted Facebook application becomes latest problem for feds

Rudy Takala · March 14, 2016 12:42 am

"My conclusion so far is you cannot take an absolutist view on this," Obama said. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Obama no ‘absolutist’ in encryption debate

Susan Crabtree · March 12, 2016 1:20 am

"My point is to bring to the American public the problem that the FBI is trying to [fool] the American public," John McAfee said. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz/File)

McAfee claims he lied about hacking iPhone to get a ‘s—load of attention’

Rudy Takala · March 8, 2016 5:57 pm

Privacy advocates warn that Apple being forced to unlock a device will establish a precedent for the future. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Feds seek to force Apple cooperation in New York drug case

Rudy Takala · March 8, 2016 3:02 am

"We will return the option for full-disk encryption with a Fire OS update coming this spring." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren/File)

Amazon reverses position on encryption

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 4:11 pm

Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., a Marine Corps Reserve veteran who represents the military-heavy region around Virginia Beach, penned an open letter calling on Republicans to oppose Trump "based on his judgment, temperament and character." (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Surveillance hawks agree with Trump, but don’t support him

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 5:01 am