NSA Declassifies — Sort Of — Its Super-Secret Internal Magazine

So this is what the big secret was?
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Dell Buying Data Protection Firm Credant

Dell announced today it had reached agreement to acquire Credant Technologies, provider of data encryption and authentication systems. No terms were revealed. Credant’s technology will be added to Dell’s enterprise security offerings.

HP Exec Alan Kessler Leaves for CEO Role at Vormetric

A 3Com veteran leaves to run a company that specializes in encryption.
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PGP Creator Phil Zimmermann Has a New Venture Called Silent Circle

What’s the creator of the once-controversial Pretty Good Privacy encryption program doing now? Winning awards and launching new ventures.
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A New Email Encryption App Your Network Admin Might Not Like

A new app called Enlocked promises to make it super easy for the average consumer to send encrypted emails.
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With Burn Note, Self-Destructing Emails Vanish After They’ve Been Read

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

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.

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Freedom Box Needs a Good User Interface

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.

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Blocking Your Facebook Comments From Facebook Itself

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

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.
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RIM Denies Deal With India Over Access

Nokia Sues Apple