Tag: Technology

Finding suitable private sector partners for such a project would-be challenging. Google, Facebook and Apple all offer products that have some level of encryption installed by default. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers, tech giants square off for encryption battle

Rudy Takala · January 4, 2016 5:01 am

China on Sunday approved the country's first anti-terrorism law, amid concerns that its requirements that tech companies share information with the government could hurt business interests and further infringe upon human rights. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

National Security

China says it’s just as oppressive as the U.S. on terrorism

Rudy Takala · December 29, 2015 8:10 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. The country has been developing a form of intranet that precludes users from connecting with the outside world, since 2002. (AP File Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Report suggests North Korea has its own encryption system

Rudy Takala · December 29, 2015 12:10 am

"We cannot wait for the next attack before we outline our options, nor should we legislate out of fear," House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote in an editorial for the Washington Post on Monday. (AP photos)

Lawmakers call for commission on encryption

Rudy Takala · December 28, 2015 8:35 pm

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said on Tuesday that bulk metadata collection has failed to prevent terrorist attacks on American soil. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Fiorina: Bulk surveillance failed to stop attacks

Rudy Takala · December 22, 2015 3:41 pm

Apple is in favor of end-to-end encryption, which shields data between two people from outside observation, and full-disk encryption, which applies at the hardware level, and prevents outside access without an encryption key. (AP file photo/Mark Lennihan)

Officials hit Apple CEO over encryption practices

Rudy Takala · December 21, 2015 6:47 pm

A customer tries out his new Apple iPhone 6s Plus smartphone Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 at the Apple store at The Grove in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Hillary on encryption: ‘Maybe the back door isn’t the right door’

Rudy Takala · December 20, 2015 4:10 am

Asked about encryption, Hillary Clinton admitted, "I don't know enough about the technology, but law enforcement needs tools." (Screenshot)

Clinton: ‘I don’t know enough about the technology’

W. James Antle III · December 20, 2015 2:40 am

Are Droids Slaves?

Jonathan V. Last · December 18, 2015 10:00 pm

The apps the terrorists used are the two most commonly used for international texting. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

National Security

Officials suggest encryption played role in Paris attacks

Rudy Takala · December 18, 2015 4:05 pm

"The people in San Bernardino were communicating with people who the [Federal Bureau of Investigation] had been watching, but because their phone was encrypted ... it was lost," Kasich said. "We have to solve the encryption problem." (Screenshot)

Kasich claims encryption played a role in San Bernardino attack

Rudy Takala · December 16, 2015 3:40 am

"Please provide any evidence of encrypted communication retrieved from the electronic devices of [Syed] Farook and [Tashfeen] Malik that may have masked specific plans and logistics," requests a letter from Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., addressed to Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday. (AP file photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Lawmaker seeks information on encryption in terrorist attack

Rudy Takala · December 15, 2015 6:37 pm