Encryption's reputation as a difficult, often unmanageable technology that can thwart productivity and frequently deliver negative ROI has hindered adoption in all but the most secretive ...

Cold boot encryption-bypassing source code published Source code is now available to utilities that can bypass programs like Microsoft's BitLocker and Apple's FileVault in some circumstances.

GSM encryption code 'cracked' A German computer engineer said he had cracked the 21-year-old GSM algorithm used to encrypt most of the world's mobile phone calls.

DVD Encryption Lawsuit Dropped A film-industry coalition drops its court battle against a San Francisco programmer who posted code on the Web that cracks DVD copy-protection technology.

Raw code for "unbreakable" encryption, based on the principles of quantum physics, has been generated at record speed over optical fiber at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST ...

Though the NSA has apparently cracked widely used encryption algorithms, security experts maintain that, properly implemented, encryption is still the best way to secure data.

An attempt to overturn U.S. laws restricting the publication of encryption code ends quietly when a federal judge dismisses the suit--but only after assurances the laws won't be enforced.

Q: If I encrypt my .class files and use a custom classloader to load and decrypt them on the fly, will this prevent decompilation? A: The problem of preventing Java byte-code decompilation is ...

An algorithm from the 1990s used to encrypt mobile phone data was deliberately weakened to allow eavesdropping, claims a team of cryptanalysts. It is possible the flaw could still allow access to ...

Robert Post, Encryption Source Code and the First Amendment, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Spring 2000), pp. 713-723 ...

WhatsApp’s new update, based on code adapted from and with the help of Open Whisper Systems, was a significant move forward for that ecosystem, and trumps Apple on two counts.