Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester
Joseph Cox / 404media - A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
Back to Top / Thursday, March 5, 2026, 8:21 pm / permalink 20245 / 3 stories in 28 hrs
Apple Seeds Revised Third Betas of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to Developers, New Public Betas
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple today seeded revised third betas of the upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming three days after Apple provided the initial beta to developers. Apple has also released a new version of i…
Back to Top / Thursday, March 5, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 20226 / 3 stories in 33 hrs
Evervault raises $25M to scale its ‘secure-by-default’ approach to payment data encryption
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Payment data encryption startup Evervault Inc. said today it’s aiming to become the internet’s “clearing house for sensitive data” after raising $25 million in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by Ribbit Capital and saw participation from Seq…
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TikTok says end-to-end encryption would make DMs less safe
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - TikTok tells the BBC it will not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, arguing the feature would hinder safety teams and law enforcement from investigating harmful behavior.
Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 20118 / 7 stories in 2 days
Vitalik Buterin unveils plan to curb Ethereum block builder centralization
Margaux Nijkerk / coindesk - Another focus of his post is so-called “toxic MEV,” where traders exploit visibility into pending transactions to front-run or “sandwich” users’ trades.
Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 8:20 pm / permalink 20035 / 4 stories in 4 days
Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data
Simon Willison / simonwillison - Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user dataBecause users lose their passkeys all the time, and may not understand that their data has been irreversibly encrypted using them and can no longer be recovered.Tim Cappalli:To the wider i…
Back to Top / Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:20 am / permalink 19914 / 2 stories in 7 days
Apple's iPhone and iPad become first consumer devices to receive NATO security clearance
techspot - The clearance puts Apple in an exclusive position – no other consumer smartphone or tablet maker has ever reached the same security threshold under the alliance's information assurance standards.Read Entire Article
Back to Top / Friday, February 27, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19868 / 4 stories in 7 days
Researchers discover massive Wi-Fi vulnerability affecting multiple access points — AirSnitch lets attackers on the same network intercept data and launch machine-in-the-middle attacks
tomshardware - A team of researchers discovered that they can break cryptographic client isolation on a number of wireless routers by taking advantage of how Wi-Fi networks work.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19824 / 3 stories in 8 days
iPhone and iPad Are First Consumer Devices Cleared for NATO Classified Data
Juli Clover / macrumors - The iPhone and iPad can be used with NATO restricted level classified information after meeting NATO's information assurance requirements, Apple said today. No special software or settings are required.Apple's devices are the first and only consumer mobil…
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Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19817 / 14 stories in 8 days
Ethereum Foundation Drafts Seven-Fork ‘Strawmap’ Through 2029
Vismaya V / decrypt - The roadmap targets faster finality, native privacy, quantum-resistant cryptography, and gigagas throughput across planned upgrades.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19790 / 4 stories in 8 days
1Password's $12 price bump tests user loyalty with 'AI-powered' features
Abbas Jaffar Ali / tbreak - 1Password bumps Family plan pricing 20% to $71.88 USD annually from March 2026. The increase adds AI features and enhanced security tools, but existing users keep current rates until renewal after the deadline.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19680 / 8 stories in 10 days
Russia launches terror probe into Telegram chief Pavel Durov
Milena Wälde / politico - Moscow claims the messaging platform has been used in thousands of cases of sabotage, terrorism and extremism.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19648 / 5 stories in 10 days
'Ethereum Is Going Hard': Vitalik Buterin Backs Censorship Resistance Upgrade
Jason Nelson / decrypt - Ethereum developers scheduled a controversial upgrade for later this year. Buterin said it reinforces the network’s cypherpunk principles.
Back to Top / Saturday, February 21, 2026, 6:20 pm / permalink 19541 / 4 stories in 13 days
Ex-Google engineers accused of helping themselves to chip security secrets
Carly Page / theregister - Feds say trio conspired to siphon processor and cryptography IP, allegedly routing some data overseas Two former Google engineers and a third alleged accomplice are facing federal charges after prosecutors accused them of swiping sensitive chip and securi…
Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 5:20 am / permalink 19454 / 11 stories in 14 days
LLM-Generated Passwords Look Strong but Crack in Hours, Researchers Find
msmash / slashdot - AI security firm Irregular has found that passwords generated by major large language models -- Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini -- appear complex but follow predictable patterns that make them crackable in hours, even on decades-old hardware. When researchers …
Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19429 / 4 stories in 15 days
iOS 26.4 beta adds encrypted RCS messaging
Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has started testing encrypted RCS messaging in the latest developer seeds of iOS 26.4, alongside updates for iPadOS 26.4 and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The new beta introduces end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services, marking a significant step …
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19301 / 28 stories in 17 days
First iOS 26.4, macOS Tahoe developer betas surface as new Siri waits in the wings
appleinsider - Apple has started a brand new generation of developer betas, with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4 expected to include a Siri update.Apple's hardware that works with the 26-generation operating systems - …
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Apple's Podcasts goes video: HLS streaming, PiP, downloads, dynamic ads
Developers test 26.4 across devices; Rosetta warnings and battery controls
On the ground: iPhones get anti‑theft defaults; RCS encryption testing
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Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 19255 / 75 stories in 18 days
Russia blocks WhatsApp as messaging app crackdown gathers pace
cnbc - WhatsApp on Thursday said Russia had attempted to "fully block" its service, with 100 million users affected. The Kremlin later confirmed the move.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 6:22 am / permalink 19059 / 9 stories in 22 days
Coinbase Launches Wallet for AI Agents With Built-In Guardrails
Jason Nelson / decrypt - The company says its sandboxed, self-custodial design keeps private keys isolated as the autonomous bot boom continues.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 7:20 pm / permalink 19047 / 4 stories in 23 days
ExpressVPN launches new free tools for users: VPN for email, secure AI, privacy tools
mashable - ExpressVPN is rolling out a suite of new and reworked digital security tools: ExpressAI, ExpressMailGuard, ExpressKeys, and Identity Defender.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 5, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 18800 / 3 stories in 29 days