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Is encryption code speech? Earlier court rulings suggest that it is, legally, and therefore subject to First Amendment protections. What are your thoughts? Learn more in a great CSO article:
In anextraordinary essay, the former FBI general counsel Jim Baker makes the case for strong encryption over government-mandated backdoors. What is your opinion on this? Learn more in a great Schneier on Security article:
"NIST hascompleted a study-- it was published last year, but I just saw it recently -- calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard." Learn Bruce Schneier's opinion on AES in an interesting article:
Have you heard that while Ubuntu developers are busyadding experimental ZFS support to their installer, the SUSE developers working on their YaST installer are working on offering better security options for their platform by beefing up the encryption capabilities at install-time? Learn more:
The road to routing all Domain Name System lookups through HTTPS is pocked with disagreements over just how much it will help. What is your opinion on this? Learn the details in an informative Wired article:
Have you heard that Russian hackers are infecting systems with RATs and using them to modify Chrome and Firefox browsers, adding a fingerprint to every TLS action and passively track encrypted traffic? Learn more in an interesting Engadget article:
You would be forgiven for thinking that encrypting PDFs, before they are stored or sent via email, keeps their contents away from prying eyes. But according to researchers in Germany, it might be time to revisit that assumption after they discovered weaknesses in PDF encryption which could be exploited to reveal the contents of a file to an attacker. Learn more:
