A consortium called the Internet Security Research Group, founded by Mozilla, Akamai, Cisco, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, IdenTrust, and researchers at the University of Michigan, have ...

There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, especially for home use. Although its encryption function is only available ...

A project that aims to increase the use of encryption by giving away free SSL/TLS certificates has issued its first one, marking the start of its beta program. The project, called Let’s Encrypt, is ...

Let's Encrypt has announced that the free secure certificate program is leaving beta in its push to encrypt 100 percent of the web. The certificate authority (CA) announced on Tuesday that the Let's ...

End-to-end Zoom encryption is coming soon to all accounts, both free and paid. Free users will need to go through some identity verifications before getting the feature. Beta testing for encryption on ...

Unencrypted web traffic may soon be a thing of the past after major technology companies announced an initiative to make encryption free and available to all. With government security agencies and ...

NEW YORK -- Encryption to most people either just happens, or it doesn't. A select few have the skills to fiddle with keys, code, and command prompts needed to secure emails and documents, but the ...

Secure network connections protect people against snooping and criminals, but it's a hassle for websites. Mozilla, Cisco, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others want to change that. Stephen ...

When Zoom Video Communications introduced end-to-end encryption for paying customers only, the video meetings specialist met a firestorm of criticism. The controversy lasted about two weeks, and Zoom ...

WordPress announced that all custom domains hosted on WordPress.com will have HTTPS turned on for free. All custom domains hosted on WordPress.com will soon have their sites automatically encrypted ...

Zoom announced Tuesday that while it will provide full encryption of audio and video calls to paying users, it does not plan to offer the same encryption features to those who use the platform for ...

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