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Europol doesn’t only want an encryption backdoor, but also your metadata
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Europol doesn’t only want an encryption backdoor, but also your metadata

Europol’s 2025 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) indicates E2EE (end-to-end encrypted) apps as an obstacle to investigations The report also calls for...

Physics-based encryption aims to secure data in the quantum computing era
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Physics-based encryption aims to secure data in the quantum computing era

An example of “pushing” a Toffoli gate g past gates h 1 , h 2 , ⋯ , h p so as to...

Breaking encryption with quantum computers may be easier than we thought
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Breaking encryption with quantum computers may be easier than we thought

New research estimates that it could be 20 times easier for quantum computers to break current encryption Experts urge software developers to advance...

NordVPN extends post-quantum encryption protection to all applications – here’s everything we know
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NordVPN extends post-quantum encryption protection to all applications – here’s everything we know

NordVPN has launched post-quantum encryption (PQE) across all its applications The provider launched its first iteration of PQE in 2024, but only for...

Experts “deeply concerned” by the EU plan to weaken encryption
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Experts “deeply concerned” by the EU plan to weaken encryption

Experts are again warning against the EU’s plans to weaken encryption On May 26, 2025, 89 signatories published a joint letter to urge...

Secure encryption and decryption with luminescent perovskites
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Secure encryption and decryption with luminescent perovskites

Credit: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202504327 To guarantee high data security, encryption must be unbreakable while the data remains rapidly and...

“A win for privacy” – Florida rejects the encryption backdoor law for social media
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“A win for privacy” – Florida rejects the encryption backdoor law for social media

Florida has rejected a bill to require mandatory encryption backdoors for social media The Social Media Use By Minors bill was “indefinitely postponed and...

US lawmakers slam UK encryption backdoor order to Apple, warning against “systemic vulnerabilities”
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US lawmakers slam UK encryption backdoor order to Apple, warning against “systemic vulnerabilities”

Two US lawmakers are warning against the security risks of the UK encryption backdoor order to Apple Such a backdoor to encryption, they...

Chat Control 2.0? Experts urge the EU not to undermine encryption with new ProtectEU plan
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Chat Control 2.0? Experts urge the EU not to undermine encryption with new ProtectEU plan

Around 40 organizations and 40+ individuals are urging the EU not to undermine encryption with the new ProtectEU plan Experts are asking to...