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The IT firm denies that it paid a ransom to the Russian hacker group in exchange for the decryption tool.
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Encryption is the process of encoding information in such a way that makes it impossible for unauthorized parties to access it while allowing access by authorized parties. Encryption doesn’t protect a message from being intercepted, but makes it impossible to be understood by the interceptor. Encryption software mostly uses a pseudo-random encryption key which makes it expensive for the intruder to decrypt a message, but easy for the authorized party to do so with a key. Encrypted messaging can be performed via encryption with public keys or private keys. Private keys require both parties to have the same decryption and encryption key, in comparison to public keys which involve public and free-to-use encryption keys with a private decryption key for the receiving party. Encryption had mostly been used by military forces but then gained wide usage by private companies and individuals to protect their personal information.
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A privacy-focused blockchain ecosystem brings together anonymous transactions with secure messaging and a low-latency onion router.
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Encrypted messaging app Signal has started accepting donations in 12 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ether.
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It's not a scarce resource like nuclear power, whose proliferation is more easily suppressed.
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The department, along with other international agencies, alleged end-to-end encryption can create “severe risks to public safety.”
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Dollars are used for nefarious activities too.
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The unfortunate "Crypto" brand name causes the company to shut down.
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The app has helped Belarusians stay in touch during a communications blackout.
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“We are not selling Telegram – neither in part, nor in full,” Telegram CEO Pavel Durov promises.
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A former director of the U.S. National Broadband Task Force criticizes anti-encryption bills that in his opinion hurt the nation’s economy and security.
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The foundation launched an updated version of FROST to sign transactions between participants that own a single private signing key.
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Unstoppable Domains’ new chat protocol enables users to store data on their own servers through crypto wallets and P2P network integration.
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Bitcoin isn’t property under new Russian ruling while authorities in the U.S. and the EU challenge encrypted networks in this week’s Law Decoded.
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Authorities across Europe take down an organized crime syndicate that used an encrypted chat network to coordinate their illicit activities.
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According to local reports, the blockchain-based system allowed constituents to decipher their own private votes or let third-parties do so.
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