The New York Times

4 Easy Ways to Make Sure No One Can Read Your Text Messages

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MacRumors

Warning: Instagram DMs Lose End-to-End Encryption Starting Today

As of today, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages is no longer available. DMs that you send to people on Instagram will no longer feature full encryption, and your conversations are not ...
ZDNet

How to easily encrypt your files on an Android phone - for free

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Network World

Fixing encryption isn’t enough. Quantum developments put focus on authentication

Elliptic curve cryptography is used to secure authentication, for digital signatures such as those used in software updates, and for cryptocurrencies. So now Google and Cloudflare have moved up the ...
Popular Mechanics

Here’s How to Encrypt Your Whole External Backup Drive to Keep Your Files Safe

Nobody who values the files on their computer should be without at least two regularly updated methods for backing them up. External drives are perfect for this. You can plug them into your computer, ...
New Scientist

The first quantum computer to break encryption is now shockingly close

A quantum computer capable of breaking the encryption that secures the internet now seems to be just around the corner. Stunning revelations from two research teams outline how it could happen, with ...
Wired

The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs

Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino to fall for end-to-end encryption tech worldwide. Crucially, few companies ...
Nature

Secure authentication using a multidimensional retinal biometric encryption method

Biometric encryption integrates physiological traits with cryptographic operations to improve authentication security. Retinal vasculature is particularly attractive due to its internal protection, ...
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 ...
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 ...
MacRumors

Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messages in iOS 26.4 Beta

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The updates introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, a security ...