A new call for limits on encryption technology is finding weak political support in the United States, despite a looming clandestine war against terrorism that is likely to hinge on the effectiveness ...

There are no plans to require back doors in communications encryption in Europe, according to European Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip. Proposals for mandatory encryption workarounds for mobile ...

For years, U.S. law enforcement has tried, and failed, to convince Congress to require tech companies to provide backdoor access to encrypted data and communications. But it might not need such ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Declaring that strong encryption is essential to the nation’s security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told a tech industry audience Wednesday that he’s “not a believer in back doors,” ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How much authority should democratic governments have to “snoop” on citizens’ online data and communications?

Does a new government encryption standard contain a back door for the NSA? That's what security researchers want to know after taking a close look at one of four random number generators approved by ...

The FBI was way too lax when it sought a secret warrant to wiretap former Trump aide Carter Page. Yet some of the very same people who have been publicly aghast at the circumstances Page scandal are ...

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham recently introduced a bill that should give everyone in our state reason for pause. The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act, or ...

Hillary Clinton took a nuanced stance on encryption during the third Democratic presidential debate Saturday evening, saying it created problems for law enforcement but that “back doors” came with ...