Encryption Stories for 2022

Google Introduces End-to-End Encryption for Gmail 41
FBI Calls Apple's Expansion of End-To-End Encryption 'Deeply Concerning' 138
Can the World Avoid a 'Quantum Encryption Apocalypse'? 71
Dropbox Acquires Boxcryptor Assets To Bring Zero-Knowledge Encryption To File Storage 12
Dropbox Acquires Boxcryptor Assets To Bring Zero-Knowledge Encryption To File Storage 30
Amazon Plans To Close Up Shop on Wickr's User-Centric Encrypted Messaging App 8
Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys 24
'Cryptography's Future Will Be Quantum-Safe. Here's How' 17
Introducing Shufflecake: Plausible Deniability For Multiple Hidden Filesystems on Linux 90
How Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Are Fulfilling Cryptography's Potential 13
Mark Zuckerberg Says WhatsApp 'Far More Private and Secure' than iMessage 92
Europe Plans to Launch a Quantum Encryption Satellite for Ultrasecure Communications in 2024 32
Microsoft Office 365 Vulnerability Could Allow Sidestepping of Email Encryption 21
Android Leaks Some Traffic Even When 'Always-On VPN' Is Enabled 30
VPN, Tor Use Increases in Iran After Internet 'Curfews' 22
NYPD Considers Using Encryption To Block Public From Radio Scanner Broadcasts 126
UK Online Safety Bill Threatens Security, WhatsApp Chief Warns 32
Trojanized Version of PuTTY Distributed By Fake Amazon Job Phishers on WhatsApp 22
Peter Eckersley, Co-Creator of Let's Encrypt, Dies at 43 35
14-Year-Old Cracks Australian Coin's Code - in One Hour 58
Royal Australian Mint Releases Coin With Code-Breaking Challenge In the Design 41
Major VPN Services Shut Down In India Over Anti-Privacy Law 9
Streaming Service Crunchyroll Blocks Privacy-Focused Email Tutanota Because 'Hackers Use It' 43
Hyundai Uses Example Keys For Encryption System 107
Encrypting Facebook Messenger Could Be a 'Grotesque Betrayal', Says Top UK Politician 97
Free, Secure, and Open-Source: How FileZilla is Making an Old School Protocol Cool Again 41
Semiconductor Makers Scramble to Support New Post-Quantum Cryptography Standard 40
Facebook Will Begin Testing End-To-End Encryption As Default On Messenger App 13
Windows 11 Encryption Bug Could Cause Data Loss, Temporary Slowdowns On Newer PCs 28
WhatsApp Boss Says No To AI Filters Policing Encrypted Chat 38
Codebreakers Find 'Sexts,' Arctic Dispatches In 200-Year-Old Encrypted Newspaper Ads 28
UK Could Force E2E Encrypted Platforms To Do CSAM-Scanning 106
Mega Says It Can't Decrypt Your Files. New POC Exploit Shows Otherwise 52
ProtonMail Unifies Encrypted Mail, Calendar, VPN, and Storage Services Under New 'Proton' Brand 37
Hong Kong Considers Blocking Telegram As Part of Crackdown On Doxing 25
NSA Says 'No Backdoor' for Spies in New US Encryption Scheme 99
End-To-End Encryption Is Coming To Google Messages Group Texts 11
New EU Rules Would Require Chat Apps To Scan Private Messages for Child Abuse 204
Researchers Break World Record For Quantum-Encrypted Communications 53
British Encryption Startup Arqit Overstates Its Prospects, Former Staff and Others Say 19
US Military Makes 'Significant Effort' in Quantum-Resistant Cryptography 48
Border Patrol's Use of Amazon's Wickr Messaging App Draws Scrutiny 19
Security Experts Say New EU Rules Will Damage WhatsApp Encryption 169
How to Eliminate the World's Need for Passwords 166
Researcher Uses 379-Year-Old Algorithm To Crack Crypto Keys Found In the Wild 17
Samsung Shattered Encryption On 100 Million Phones 20
It's Back: Senators Want 'EARN IT' Bill To Scan All Online Messages 212
Messenger's End-To-End Encrypted Chats and Calls Are Available To Everyone 41
UK Gov't Plans Publicity Blitz To Undermine Privacy of Your Chats 53
Why Many California Police Departments Are Now Encrypting Their Radio Communications 104
Federal Investigators Say They Used Encrypted Signal Messages To Charge Far-Right Militia Group Leader 294
NBC: 'You Probably Don't Need to Rely on a VPN Anymore' 166