Encryption

The Signal app logo can be seen through a magnifying glass on the display of a smartphone
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Government workers are using encrypted messaging apps like Signal to avoid hacks and data leaks—but the price is transparency

By Rebecca Boone, Claudia Lauer and The Associated Press
March 20, 2025
In this photo illustration, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, TikTok and Threads apps displayed on a smartphone screen.
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The difference between Mark Zuckerberg and Pavel Durov’s free speech problems

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August 27, 2024
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov delivers his keynote conference during day two of the Mobile World Congress at the Fira Gran Via complex in Barcelona, Spain on February 23, 2016.
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After Pavel Durov’s arrest in France, don’t hold your breath for that Telegram IPO

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August 26, 2024
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Ex-tech CEO who now manages AI for the CIA explains why it’s like your ‘crazy, drunk friend’

By Frank Bajak and The Associated Press
May 20, 2024
Besides keeping data safe, this emerging tech could be a key trust builder for businesses
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Besides keeping data safe, this emerging tech could be a key trust builder for businesses

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April 26, 2024
In this photo illustration, Telegram app login page is being displayed on a mobile phone
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The fight to protect encryption just got a boost in a ruling about Telegram and Russia

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February 13, 2024
The U.K. just put Microsoft under the spotlight for its partnership with OpenAI
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The U.K. just put Microsoft under the spotlight for its partnership with OpenAI

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December 8, 2023
Signal app displayed on a mobile with in the background U.K flag with online safety bill seen on screen, in this photo illustration, on August 14, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.
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The U.K.’s new Online Safety Act: The good, the bad, and the ugly

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September 20, 2023
Signal president Meredith Whittaker, on stage at Coins2Day Brainstorm Tech.
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Signal president says company will not comply with proposed U.K. ‘mass surveillance’ law requiring mandatory message scanning before encryption

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July 13, 2023
Encryption button on keyboard.
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Lawmakers just keep trying to undermine the security of everyone’s conversations, putting Big Tech in an impossible position

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May 13, 2022
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson talks during a joint press conference with Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography Dubravka Suica (not seen) on the children's rights package handled in the EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium on May 11, 2022.
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‘The most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen’: Europe’s proposed online child sexual abuse crackdown slammed by cybersecurity experts and privacy activists

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May 12, 2022
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Venture capitalists just keep plowing billions into crypto startups

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April 20, 2022
Former employees allege overblown projections at quantum encryption startup Arqit
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Former employees allege overblown projections at quantum encryption startup Arqit

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April 18, 2022
Random 0s and 1s
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Honeywell’s former quantum unit announces its first commercial product—and it’s totally random

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December 7, 2021
A photo of a person holding a mobile phone with a message from WhatsApp saying the company takes user privacy seriously displayed.
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These WhatsApp-killers are growing—and they say they have Facebook to thank for it

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January 22, 2021

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