Face, finger or lock-screen code: These passkeys are all you will need to encrypt your WhatsApp chat backups in the near future, the messaging app announced Thursday. Meta-owned WhatsApp, the most ...

In the beginning, WhatsApp users could not protect their chat backups with encryption—while all communications were encrypted end-to-end, backups weren't afforded the same protection. Since 2021, ...

WhatsApp is introducing a passwordless way to instantly secure your chat backups. The messaging platform is launching passkey ...

Full public access to police scanner activity in the East Bay will soon be unavailable after Berkeley councilmembers gave the city’s police department permission to encrypt radio communications.

IBM scientists entangled 120 qubits in a single coherent “cat state,” a record-breaking feat in quantum computing.

Explore the fascinating world of encryption in this video, where we delve into how it works and its significance in securing information. Prince Andrew gives up royal titles, including Duke of York ...

I no longer rely on my router’s DNS service after I started using Unbound on my home network. After setting up split-horizon DNS for internal subnets at home, I used public DNS servers for the ...

Criminals are exploiting encryption, anonymization and new technologies faster than regulators and law enforcement can adapt, creating a critical challenge in accessing data for investigations. This ...

Communities often celebrate data center openings. But for all the benefits state and local officials tout for the massive facilities, they also bring their share of problems — including gobbling up ...

The industry believes AI will work its way into every corner of our lives, and so needs to build sufficient capacity to address that anticipated demand. But the hardware used to make AI work is so ...

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. The Department of Correction has agreed to pause the introduction of electronic body scanners in state prisons after state ...