US officials say they’ve cracked Pensacola shooter’s iPhones, blast Apple
The Crypto Wars rage eternal.
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Privacy groups are still trying to get documents unsealed in Facebook encryption case
The ACLU and EFF say a failure to clarify the legal requirements for giving authorities access to encrypted communications would set a dangerous precedent.
Senior FBI cyber official Amy Hess to take security position at City of Louisville
As a senior FBI cybersecurity official, Hess has spoken out about hacking threats from the Chinese and Russian governments.
Senator asks Department of Justice if it can keep a lid on its software exploits
Sen. Ron Wyden is asking what law enforcement agencies are doing to protect their hacking tools from foreign spies.
Government would be barred from mandating crypto backdoors under House bill
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers wants to bar the federal government from mandating “backdoors,” or configurations that enable surveillance, in commercial software and hardware products.
FBI has a unit solely devoted to its ‘going dark’ problem
The office was created after a DOJ IG report found the bureau's communication skills were a mess during a highly publicized 2016 investigation.
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