Australia is the latest country to seek ways to access information passed between smartphones via encrypted apps, information that might be relevant to criminal investigations and counterterrorism ...

For most people, breaking WhatsApp's and iMessage's security to let the government stop terrorists sounds like a reasonable idea. SEE ALSO: How the government can force WhatsApp to break its ...

This is the fourth and final in a series of essays about a proposal by officials at Britain’s GCHQ about requiring encrypted communications platforms to be designed to secretly add an extra ...

NSA director Admiral Michael Rogers has said that encryption is “foundational to the future” — and privacy shouldn’t be sacrificed for security. The statement is quite a contrast to the government’s ...

LONDON — Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, has waded into Britain's debate over encryption, calling any attempts to weaken the technology a "bad idea." Speaking to the BBC, the legendary tech ...