encryption, enigma, historyofcryptography, historyofsecurity, Security technology
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cybersecurity, encryption, Security technology, securityengineering, twofactorauthentication, videoconferencing
Zoom is doing the right thing: it’s making end-to-end encryption available to all users, paid and unpaid. (This is a change; I wrote about the initial decision here.) …we have identified a path forward that balances the legitimate right of all users to privacy and the safety of users on our platform. This will enable … Read More “Zoom Will Be End-to-End Encrypted for All Users” »
backdoors, encryption, privacy, Security technology, securitypolicies, videoconferencing
Zoom was doing so well…. And now we have this: Corporate clients will get access to Zoom’s end-to-end encryption service now being developed, but Yuan said free users won’t enjoy that level of privacy, which makes it impossible for third parties to decipher communications. “Free users for sure we don’t want to give that because … Read More “Zoom’s Commitment to User Security Depends on Whether you Pay It or Not” »
encryption, facebook, machinelearning, metadata, Security technology, securityengineering
Note that this is “announced,” so we don’t know when it’s actually going to be implemented. Facebook today announced new features for Messenger that will alert you when messages appear to come from financial scammers or potential child abusers, displaying warnings in the Messenger app that provide tips and suggest you block the offenders. The … Read More “Facebook Announces Messenger Security Features that Don’t Compromise Privacy” »
aes, encryption, internetandsociety, keys, nsa, Security technology, securityengineering, videoconferencing
The NSA just published a survey of video conferencing apps. So did Mozilla. Zoom is on the good list, with some caveats. The company has done a lot of work addressing previous security concerns. It still has a bit to go on end-to-end encryption. Matthew Green looked at this. Zoom does offer end-to-end encryption if … Read More “Securing Internet Videoconferencing Apps: Zoom and Others” »
aclu, courts, crime, eavesdropping, encryption, facebook, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
This is interesting: Facebook Inc. in 2018 beat back federal prosecutors seeking to wiretap its encrypted Messenger app. Now the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to find out how. The entire proceeding was confidential, with only the result leaking to the press. Lawyers for the ACLU and the Washington Post on Tuesday asked a … Read More “How Did Facebook Beat a Federal Wiretap Demand?” »
crowdsourcing, cryptography, encryption, rsa, Security technology
RSA-250 has been factored. This computation was performed with the Number Field Sieve algorithm, using the open-source CADO-NFS software. The total computation time was roughly 2700 core-years, using Intel Xeon Gold 6130 CPUs as a reference (2.1GHz): RSA-250 sieving: 2450 physical core-years RSA-250 matrix: 250 physical core-years The computation involved tens of thousands of machines … Read More “RSA-250 Factored” »
backdoors, datacollection, encryption, privacy, Security technology, vulnerabilities
Over the past few weeks, Zoom’s use has exploded since it became the video conferencing platform of choice in today’s COVID-19 world. (My own university, Harvard, uses it for all of its classes. Boris Johnson had a cabinet meeting over Zoom.) Over that same period, the company has been exposed for having both lousy privacy … Read More “Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom” »
backdoors, children, cryptography, cryptowars, encryption, Security technology
Prepare for another attack on encryption in the U.S. The EARN-IT Act purports to be about protecting children from predation, but it’s really about forcing the tech companies to break their encryption schemes: The EARN IT Act would create a “National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention” tasked with developing “best practices” for owners … Read More “The EARN-IT Act” »
certificates, encryption, Security technology, vulnerabilities
The BBC is reporting a vulnerability in the Let’s Encrypt certificate service: In a notification email to its clients, the organisation said: “We recently discovered a bug in the Let’s Encrypt certificate authority code. “Unfortunately, this means we need to revoke the certificates that were affected by this bug, which includes one or more of … Read More “Let’s Encrypt Vulnerability” »