literature Woman discovers 'secret' coded message in John Milton poem 'Paradise Lost' Xeni Jardin

trump Attorney General William Barr wants to backdoor Facebook's WhatsApp Xeni Jardin

security You have the right to remain encrypted Albert Fox Cahn & Ayyan Zubair

security EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow

security Mongodb's plan to limit breaches: "Field Level Encryption" Cory Doctorow

Technology Australia may have just backdoored your mobile phone Xeni Jardin

privacy Amazon doesn't like how Signal circumvents censorship Séamus Bellamy

scholarship Using structured encryption to search protected photos in the cloud Cory Doctorow

security Real people don't (just) need encryption Cory Doctorow

fraud Tales from the ransomware "support line" Rob Beschizza

politics Brazil judge orders WhatsApp blocked for 72 hours, affecting 100 million people Xeni Jardin

security Turns out the U.S. military really is dropping "cyber bombs" on ISIS Xeni Jardin

security Security flaws found in 3 state health insurance websites Xeni Jardin

security Justice Department to drop 'FBI vs. Apple' case, because they've unlocked the iPhone Xeni Jardin

picks FBI may not need Apple's help with that iPhone after all, nevermind, maybe Xeni Jardin

crypto Paris terrorists used disposable burner phones to hide plans. No evidence of encryption. Xeni Jardin

security Iran: We snarfed up "13,000 pages of data" from detained Navy sailors' devices Xeni Jardin

crypto As FBI war on crypto intensifies, Facebook, Google, WhatsApp to intensify use of encryption Xeni Jardin

security Today, Congress finally showed it's willing to fight the FBI on encryption Xeni Jardin

security Apple-FBI crypto hearing was surprisingly hostile to FBI Director James Comey Xeni Jardin