Your passwords, your credit cards, your bank accounts, and your emails all belong to China’s communist regime. It’s not a reality yet, but the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is working tirelessly to ensure it becomes so. To achieve that reality, the regime is increasingly turning to quantum computing to process previously unfathomable amounts of data….

Apple on Dec. 7 announced a string of new security features, including full end-to-end encryption for nearly all the data its users store in its global iCloud storage system, prompting concern from the FBI. In an overview of the new feature posted to the Apple website, the California-headquartered tech giant said its “Advanced Data Protection” optional setting will provide…

The United States and Australia are tightening their crime fighting alliance, with a new landmark agreement that could see law enforcement agencies in both countries have easier access to the communications data of each other’s residents. It comes under the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act passed in 2018 requiring all U.S.-based cloud…

The United States and Australia are tightening their crime-fighting alliance, with a new landmark agreement that could see law enforcement agencies in both countries have easier access to the communications data of each other’s residents. The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, which was approved in 2018, requires all U.S.-based cloud service providers…

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Sept. 21 that restrictions on encrypted chat services are needed to combat domestic terrorism—claims that have been disputed by a wide array of tech companies, industry associations and privacy groups, as well as other government agencies. Wray made these remarks during the Senate Committee on Homeland Security’s counterterrorism hearing. “I…

Law enforcement has struck a “heavy blow” against “industrial-scale” organised crime in a globe-spanning sting operation involving 9,000 officers from Australia, Europe, and the United States. Key to the operation was the deliberate rollout of an encrypted messaging app to the criminal underworld that gave police access to secret communications between syndicates. “Today, the Australian…

Canada can become a global leader in quantum technology, but it has to meet the challenge and not again fail to realize its potential by falling into age-old traps

The head of MI5 has accused Facebook of giving a “free pass” to terrorists with its plans for end-to-end encryption. Ken McCallum said the plans by chief executive Mark Zuckerberg would enable terrorists to plot attacks without being visible to the security services. In an interview with Times Radio, McCallum said they were not seeking…