BERLIN (The NYT) -- A German computer engineer said Monday that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, saying it was his ...

While your phone’s encryption protects the files on the device, plenty of data finds its way out into the ether.

GSM encryption code 'cracked' A German computer engineer said he had cracked the 21-year-old GSM algorithm used to encrypt most of the world's mobile phone calls.

Did you know that the vast majority of calls carried out on the 3.5 billion GSM connections in the world today are protected by a 21-year old 64-bit encryption algorithm? You should now, given ...

The agency’s ability to crack encryption used by the majority of cellphones in the world offers it wide-ranging powers to listen in on private conversations.

Lawmakers and law enforcement agencies around the world, including in the United States, have increasingly called for backdoors in the encryption schemes that protect your data, arguing that ...

How It Works When most people discuss “cell phone encryption,” it’s about the whole device data. But there are other types to be aware of — WhatsApp and Telegram are just two apps that ...

Mobile devices hold personal data that's subject to theft or being left behind when you trade in your device. Here's how to secure your data with encryption.

Call encryption and privacy/security issues has focused on enterprise or government applications, but in the past several years since the Snowden syndrome, there have been a deluge of consumer ...

Phone and laptop encryption guide: Protect your stuff and yourself How to encrypt local storage on your Google, Microsoft, and Apple devices.