It’s a concern for Europeans as it is for people elsewhere in the world: there have been suggestions among governments to either outlaw, curtail, or backdoor strong end-to-end encryption. There are ...

Suppose you walk away from your computer without locking it or logging out: Just how much secret information could a snoop discover? If you’ve carefully encrypted your most important files, they might ...

Encryption is a cornerstone of digital security, but can be pretty difficult to understand, especially for all of us non-math people. Generally speaking, encryption safeguards sensitive data from ...

A stream cipher is an encryption method in which data is encrypted one byte at a time. In this method, a cryptographic key and algorithm are applied to each binary digit in a plaintext data stream to ...

Cipher block chaining (CBC) is a mode of operation for a block cipher-- one in which a sequence of bits are encrypted as a single unit, or block, with a cipher key applied to the entire block. Cipher ...

For a security wonk, frequently getting into conversations with people about security topics is an occupational hazard. And while those conversations usually happen with more gusto and at greater ...

The creator of Cryptocat, Nadim Kobeissi, is back with another easy-to-use encryption tool. This time it’s a Chrome app that aims to make it easy to create and share single encrypted files with others ...