Encryption Stories for 2021

New German Government Coalition Promises Not To Buy Exploits 18
FBI Document Shows What Data Can Be Obtained From Encrypted Messaging Apps 23
Meta Delays Encrypted Messages on Facebook and Instagram To 2023 34
Cryptographers Aren't Happy With How You're Using the Word 'Crypto' 99
Will Cryptocurrency Face a Quantum Computing Problem? 68
The First Cracks In Sony's PS5 Firmware 45
Hackers Are Stealing Data Today So Quantum Computers Can Crack It In a Decade 75
The US Government Wants Signal's Private User Data That It Simply Doesn't Have 61
Hive Ransomware Now Encrypts Linux and FreeBSD Systems 26
Is It Time to Stop Paying For a VPN? 113
Telegram Founder Says Over 70 Million New Users Joined During Facebook Outage 50
With HTTPS Everywhere, EFF Begins Plans to Eventually Deprecate 'HTTPS Everywhere' Extension 48
Free REvil Ransomware Master Decrypter Released For Past Victims 7
Ransomware Encrypts South Africa's Entire Department of Justice Network 59
WhatsApp Will Finally Let Users Encrypt Their Chat Backups in the Cloud 12
Web Creator Tim Berners-Lee Joins ProtonMail's Advisory Board 30
UK.gov Is Launching An Anti-Facebook Encryption Push 33
America's NSA Isn't Sure Quantum Computers Will Ever Break Public Key Encryption 92
Apple's Child Protection Features Spark Concern Within Its Own Ranks 99
Facebook's WhatsApp Takes Aim At Apple Over Child Safety Software Plan 51
Apple Plans To Scan US iPhones for Child Abuse Imagery 314
Facebook Researchers Hope To Bring Together Two Foes: Encryption and Ads 53
Amazon Rolls Out Encryption For Ring Doorbells 53
French Engineer Claims He's Solved the Zodiac Killer's Final Code 57
Google Open-Sources Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) Toolkit 78
Report Finds Phone Network Encryption Was Deliberately Weakened 83
The Android Messages App Now Offers End-To-End Encryption 55
Google Will Let Enterprises Store Their Google Workspace Encryption Keys 26
Why Quantum Computers Won't End Up Cracking Bitcoin Wallets 91
FBI and Australian Police Ran an Encrypted Chat Platform To Catch Criminal Gangs 86
PGP Turns 30 50
WhatsApp Sues India Government 27
Unprecedented - Cyber Attackers Release Secret Key To Save Irish Health System 57
How America Will Improve Its Cybersecurity 119
Signal's Cellebrite Hack Is Already Causing Grief For the Law 109
Customs and Border Protection Paid $700,000 To Encrypted App Wickr 16
Polish Blogger Sued After Revealing Security Issue In Encrypted Messenger 25
Why IBM is Pushing 'Fully Homomorphic Encryption' 122
OpenSSL Fixes a High-Severity Flaw That Allowed Crashing of Servers 24
Encrypted Messaging Service Cracked by Belgian Police, Followed by Dozens of Arrests 92
DARPA Taps Intel To Help Build the Holy Grail of Encryption 54
Can WhatsApp Stop Spreading Misinformation Without Compromising Encryption? 149
Quantum Computer Solves Decades-Old Problem Three Million Times Faster Than a Classical Computer 77
Swiss Company Claims Weakness Found in Post-Quantum Encryption, Touts Its New Encryption Protocol 63
A 'Severe' Bug Was Found In Libgcrypt, GnuPG's Cryptographic Library 39
ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota Warn EU Lawmakers Over 'Anti-Encryption' Push 46
Signal's Brian Acton Talks About Exploding Growth, Monetization and WhatsApp Data-Sharing Outrage 42
WhatsApp Clarifies It's Not Giving All Your Data To Facebook 92
Telegram Adds 25 Million New Users In Just 72 Hours 91
WhatsApp Rival Signal Reports Growing Pains as New Users Surge 10

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