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With 19 EU member states backing it, the Chat Control proposal could mandate pre-encryption message scanning on apps like WhatsApp and Signal by October.
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Encryption is the process of encoding information in such a way that makes it impossible for unauthorized parties to access it while allowing access by authorized parties. Encryption doesn’t protect a message from being intercepted, but makes it impossible to be understood by the interceptor. Encryption software mostly uses a pseudo-random encryption key which makes it expensive for the intruder to decrypt a message, but easy for the authorized party to do so with a key. Encrypted messaging can be performed via encryption with public keys or private keys. Private keys require both parties to have the same decryption and encryption key, in comparison to public keys which involve public and free-to-use encryption keys with a private decryption key for the receiving party. Encryption had mostly been used by military forces but then gained wide usage by private companies and individuals to protect their personal information.
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Naoris has launched a $120,000 bounty incentivising researchers to break key cryptographic algorithms underpinning Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana.
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Sui Research’s new quantum-safe wallet upgrade method offers a hard fork-free solution for EdDSA-based blockchains, but does not apply to Bitcoin or Ethereum.
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As of Wednesday, at least 11 IP addresses have actively tried to exploit the vulnerability, with thousands more addresses possibly doing reconnaissance work.
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Telegram would rather exit markets like France than allow encryption backdoors to private user messages, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said.
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Messaging apps gather users’ data and violate their privacy. Session co-founder Kee Jeffreys says encryption and decentralization are the solution.
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Nym says its virtual private network can be used fully anonymously and will help protect journalists and activists from government, corporate and AI surveillance.
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As Web3 grows, its metadata problem intensifies, risking a global data security crisis. Can anonymity networks and new technologies protect users from AI-powered surveillance?
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Shutter Network core contributor Loring Harkness tells The Agenda podcast that MEV attacks are making crypto unfair and insecure for everyday users.
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Fully homomorphic encryption may become a core component of privacy-centric, decentralized AI systems, according to Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET and ASI.
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UBS is testing blockchain for digital gold trading using ZKsync, aiming to enhance security, scalability and accessibility for retail investors.
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Arcium CEO Yannik Schrade tells The Agenda podcast that encryption is not just for dissidents and privacy-obsessed individuals, it’s for everyone.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks public input on the proposed changes until June 25, 2025.
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Discover how a known-plaintext attack works, where an attacker uses both the plaintext and its ciphertext to crack encryption and access sensitive data.
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Bitcoin’s private keys won’t be breached any time soon, but the industry still needs to transition to “post-quantum cryptography.”
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