Your favorite emoji can now have a secret meaning. Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has created a new game that uses emoji to teach people about encryption. SEE ALSO: Bacon, avocado and selfie emoji are on the way… Continue Reading
For decades, encryption was an arcane art. Encryption was slow, clunky and highly complex, and as a result, the vast majority of data in the data center resides on storage systems in the clear. Sensitive data has historically been protected… Continue Reading
Amazon does a U-turn over encryption on the Kindle Fire (and other toys using the Android-derived Fire OS). In a one-line PR statement, Amazon says encryption will come back to the suspiciously-cheap units in the springtime. Really, so what? Amazon was… Continue Reading
It’s a heartache, nothing but a heartache. Hits you when it’s too late, hits you when you’re down. It’s a fools’ game, nothing but a fool’s game. Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown. When singer Bonnie Tyler… Continue Reading
The director of the NSA, Admiral Michael Rogers, just admitted at a Senate hearing that when Internet companies provide copies of encryption keys to law enforcement, the risk of hacks and data theft goes way up. The government has been… Continue Reading