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Facebook rejects calls for police 'backdoor' to encrypted messages

2019-12-11 11:26:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Facebook has rejected a call from the US, UK and Australia governments to create a 'backdoor' in its messaging apps so law enforcement officials can access encrypted messages. The company said this "would be a gift to criminals, hackers and repressive regimes", as it was impossible to create access for one purpose and not expect others to try to exploit the weakened security.

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Oops! FBI Inflated the Number of Encrypted Devices It Can't Access

2018-05-23 14:17:10| PC Magazine Security Product Guide

The FBI may actually only have 1,200 devices it can't access due to encryption, not 7,800, as previously claimed.

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Highly Sensitive Encrypted Email at Risk of Exposure

2018-05-15 18:36:49| TechNewsWorld

A newfound flaw in email clients that use PGP and S/MIME to encrypt messages can be exploited to expose the plain text of the missives, according to a new paper. By injecting malicious snippets of text into encrypted messages, attackers can use the flaw to make the email client exfiltrate decrypted copies of the emails, explained the authors, a team of researchers from three European universities.

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BBC selects BuyDRM for encrypted playback on mobiles

2017-09-15 19:30:02| Digital TV News

BuyDRM has announced that the BBC has chosen the BuyDRM KeyOS Multi-DRM platform to provide DRM for its BBC iPlayer, BBC iPlayer Kids and BBC iPlayer Radio on-demand TV and radio products. Content on these services is secured for playback on mobile devices.

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