Australia is the latest country to seek ways to access information passed between smartphones via encrypted apps, information that might be relevant to criminal investigations and counterterrorism ...

This is the fourth and final in a series of essays about a proposal by officials at Britain’s GCHQ about requiring encrypted communications platforms to be designed to secretly add an extra ...

FBI Director James Comey has some advice for the tech companies and great people of America: Work harder at coming up with custom encryption solutions for law enforcement, or the terrorists win. Comey ...

NSA director Admiral Michael Rogers has said that encryption is “foundational to the future” — and privacy shouldn’t be sacrificed for security. The statement is quite a contrast to the government’s ...

Some of the world’s best known cryptographers – veterans of the crypto wars of the 1990s – say government access to encryption keys is still a bad idea, but is an issue that will never go away because ...

LONDON — Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, has waded into Britain's debate over encryption, calling any attempts to weaken the technology a "bad idea." Speaking to the BBC, the legendary tech ...

WASHINGTON -- A working group appointed by President Barack Obama's administration has explored four possible approaches tech companies might use that would allow law enforcement agencies to unlock ...