encryption

With Burn Note, Self-Destructing Emails Vanish After They’ve Been Read

Lauren Goode in News on January 31 at 10:03 am PT

A new email service promises to expunge any trace of email exchanges after a note has been read. But, in the age of digital data, is anything ever really erased?

VeriFone's CEO Doug Bergeron Defends Actions Against Square: "It’s a Competitive World."

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 16, 2011 at 5:26 pm PT

In an exclusive interview, VeriFone’s CEO Doug Bergeron explains why he felt it was necessary to launch a campaign against its much smaller rival last week.

Freedom Box Needs a Good User Interface

Michael Hickins, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 16, 2011 at 1:22 pm PT

Eben Moglen, a professor at Columbia Law School, is working to propagate a matchbox-sized device in homes around the world that will serve as a private and independent route to the Internet, free from prying eyes, Internet kill switches, and the whims of private conglomerates like Facebook.

Blocking Your Facebook Comments From Facebook Itself

Julia Angwin and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 24, 2011 at 7:30 pm PT

A new tool on Facebook lets users prevent their comments and posts from being seen by unwanted viewers — including Facebook itself.

RIM Gives India Access to Consumer Messaging

John Paczkowski in News on January 13, 2011 at 8:57 am PT

Research In Motion has finally settled its long-running dispute with the Indian government over its BlackBerry Messenger Service–part of it, anyway. It’s given wireless carriers in the country the ability to intercept messages sent over its BlackBerry Messenger service and BlackBerry Internet Service if requested by the government.

RIM: No Indian BlackBerry Ban if We Can Help It

John Paczkowski in News on November 23, 2010 at 9:30 am PT

Indian BlackBerry users rest easy–Research in Motion is certain the Indian government won’t ban the device for lack of a means of monitoring its corporate email and messenger service.

RIM Denies Deal With India Over Access

John Paczkowski in News on November 17, 2010 at 2:14 pm PT

Research in Motion isn’t any nearer to a deal to provide the Indian government with access to its encrypted email and instant messaging data than it was back in October. This despite the claims of an anonymous official from the country’s interior ministry who says the BlackBerry maker has “in principle agreed to provide us recorded data from their servers.”

RIM Gets Reprieve in India; Plan May Involve Local Server

John Paczkowski in News on October 12, 2010 at 8:49 am PT

Research in Motion narrowly avoided a ban on its BlackBerry service in the United Arab Emirates last week after reaching some sort of accord with the government there. But it continues to face one in India, which has demanded similar access to its encrypted email and instant messaging data.

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BlackBerry's Reprieve in India Puts Google, Skype in the Hot Seat

Beth Callaghan in News on August 31, 2010 at 10:12 am PT

Yesterday, India gave RIM a two-month grace period in which it will be allowed to continue its BlackBerry services while government security agencies test a system that gives them access to encrypted messages and email. This came as welcome news to BlackBerry users, but authorities are expected to focus next on Gmail and Skype, whose strong encryption and VoIP technology make it impossible for domestic intelligence agencies to monitor for terrorist activity. A spokesman for Google says that the company hasn’t yet received a notice to comply with security demands.

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RIM Gets a Reprieve in India

Voices in News on August 30, 2010 at 8:47 am PT

Indian officials said today they would allow RIM to continue its BlackBerry services for 60 days while they test a proposed company solution to the government’s security concerns. RIM faced a deadline of today to provide the country’s law enforcement agencies with a way to monitor encrypted BlackBerry messenger and enterprise mail communications.

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