Both the founders of WhatsApp and current owner Meta state that the app uses end-to-end encryption, meaning that nobody outside the chat can access the content. A lawsuit claims that this isn’t true ...

Jeremy Bradley at Zama warns that privacy expectations are catching up with capability, and if businesses haven’t designed for it, they will begin to feel the consequences It’s easy to forget how much ...

The day when quantum computers will be able to break conventional encryption is rapidly approaching, but not all companies are prepared to implement post-quantum cryptography. Quantum-safe encryption ...

A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm ‘can access virtually all’ private communications, a claim the company has denied US authorities have reportedly investigated claims that Meta can read ...

Suggested Citation: "3 The Role of Encryption in Protecting Privacy and Civil Liberties." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Decrypting ...