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Plaintiffs in a US district court lawsuit accused Meta of having backdoor access to WhatsApp chats, impacting the privacy of its more than 3 billion users.
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Encryption News
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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Ugandan officials claimed that they could also shut down the internet-free, encrypted messaging app last week, but haven't done so yet.
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A developer behind Jack Dorsey–linked messaging app Bitchat questioned Uganda’s claim that it can disable the service ahead of next week’s election.
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Crypto privacy is approaching an inflection point as relevant lawsuits near their conclusions and developers pivot toward designs that ensure privacy while appeasing regulators.
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Solana has partnered with a security company to test quantum-resistant technology on a Solana testnet, claiming to offer a scalable end-to-end solution.
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The Bitcoin community continues to debate the philosophical and market implications of a quantum computer hacking old, vulnerable addresses.
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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are betting on privacy protocols gaining major traction as AI continues to grow at an exponential rate.
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EU lawmakers stripped out mandatory client-side message scanning from the latest Chat Control draft, but invasive age checks and voluntary scanning remain.
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Gianluca Di Bella claimed quantum computing already makes encryption and ZK-proofs vulnerable due to “harvest now, decrypt later” risks.
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Zero-knowledge proofs replace shared observation with shared verification, enabling accountability without revealing sensitive information. Regulators must embrace privacy as infrastructure.
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The EU’s near-approval of Chat Control reveals regulatory threats to encryption. Web3 risks centralizing surveillance unless privacy becomes foundational.
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Teleoperated robots offer the illusion of autonomy while requiring human controllers. Actual progress demands local processing, encrypted data ownership and independence.
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Privacy-concerned citizens are celebrating as Denmark withdraws its proposal for the mandatory scanning of messages on platforms like Telegram, Signal and WhatsApp.
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Elon Musk expects X Chat to launch within the next few months and promises it won’t sell or share users’ data with advertisers.
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Zcash’s rise mirrors a shifting mood toward privacy in an increasingly monitored online world.
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