Apple hires Encryption Expert to Beef Up Security on its Devices

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have waged legal war on encryption and privacy technologies.

You may have heard many news stories about the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino shooter. However, that was just one battle in a much larger fight.

Now, in an effort to make its iPhone surveillance-and-hack

5 Things Google has Done for Gmail Privacy and Security

Over the past few years, Google has increasingly improved the online security and protections of its Gmail users.



Besides two-factor authentication and HTTPS, Google has added new tools and features to Gmail that ensures users security and privacy, preventing cyber criminals and intelligence agencies to hack email accounts.



1. Enhanced State-Sponsored Attack Warnings



Apple vs. FBI

The Best Way to Send and Receive End-to-End Encrypted Emails

How many of you know the fact that your daily e-mails are passaged through a deep espionage filter?



This was unknown until the whistleblower Edward Snowden broke all the surveillance secrets, which made privacy and security important for all Internet users than ever before.



I often get asked "How to send encrypted email?", "How can I protect my emails from prying eyes?" and "Which is

New Facebook feature Encourages users to use PGP for Encrypted Communications

In this era of Global surveillance, we all are worried about the privacy of our communication and sensitive data. There is no guarantee that our data is not being snooped on, but there is a solution — PGP (Pretty Good Privacy).



PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is more than 20 years old technology but is yet not widely adopted.



PGP is an open source end-to-end encryption standard to encrypt

GnuPG Email Encryption Project Relies on 'Werner Koch', and He is Running Out of Funds

Werner Koch, the man who authored the free email encryption software, is running out of funding to continue the development of his crucial open-source GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) encryption tools.The code works on plenty of operating systems from Linux and FreeBSD to Windows and OS X.



The popular Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) email encryption software is the same used by the former United