WhatsApp turns on End-to-End Encryption by default for its 1 Billion Users

WhatsApp is updating its messaging app so that every text message and voice call will be encrypted for the company’s one billion users.

Yes, Whatsapp has finally implemented full end-to-end encryption, as promised a year ago.

This means, from now every message, image or voice call you made will be secured by end-to-end encryption so that only you and the person you're communicating with can

Ricochet — Most Secure Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messenger that Sends No Metadata

There are several encrypted messaging apps for mobile and desktop platforms that shipped with "The Most Secure" tagline but ends up in de-anonymizing the real identity of its users in some or the other way.



In fact, very few encrypted messaging apps available today deal with the core problem of Metadata. 



The majority of apps offer end-to-end encryption that kept the content of your

Would Encryption Backdoor Stop Paris-like Terror Attacks?

With 129 people killed in Paris terror attacks and dozens critically wounded, the law enforcement and intelligence officials are reviving their efforts to force companies to put some backdoors in encryption so that they can access your information.
How did the Intelligence agencies fail to Intercept terrorist plans of these attacks?
In the wake of the Paris terror attacks, Former CIA Director

Paris Attacks — NO! We Can't Blame Edward Snowden and Encryption for Terror Attacks

Terrorist groups are increasingly using high-grade, advanced end-to-end encryption technologies so that no law enforcement can catch them.
The deadliest terror attacks in Paris that killed 129 people were the latest example of it.
How did the Terrorists Communicate and Organize the Plot?
The Paris terrorists almost certainly used difficult-to-crack encryption technologies to organize the plot –

Let's Encrypt Project issues its First Free SSL/TLS Certificate

Last fall the non-profit foundation EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) launched an initiative called Let's Encrypt that aimed at providing Free Digital Cryptographic Certificates (TLS) to any website that needs them.



Today, Let's Encrypt – a free automated Open-source Certificate Authority (CA) – has signed its first certificate, hitting what it calls a major milestone to encrypt all

Ultra-secure Blackphone Vulnerability lets Hackers Decrypt Texts

The makers of ultra secure BlackPhone titled by Silent Circle as, "world’s first Smartphone which places privacy and control directly in the hands of its users," have recently fixed a critical vulnerability in the instant messaging application that allows hackers to run malicious code on the handsets.



BlackPhone was also hacked last year at the BlackHat security conference, but the

Entangled Photons on Silicon Chip: Secure Communications & Ultrafast Computers

With the rise in technology, the need of ultrafast quantum computer has also increased that can work on huge numbers and calculations at the same time.



Quantum technology has long been a scientific dream, but now it is a step closer to becoming a reality after a team of scientists has figured out a way for a standard silicon chip to tackle quantum entanglement.



Entanglement — a