End-to-end encryption

Tech News

Telegram expected to hit a billion users this year, founder says

The platform Telegram is expected to hit one billion users this year, its co-founder said in an interview released this Wednesday.

18/04/2024

Tech News

Meta rolls out end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg first promised to bring encryption to all the company's platforms in 2019 after a string of high profile scandals.

08/12/2023

Tech News

Euroviews. Will EU leaders take up the quantum challenge in front of them?

Quantum computers that can break cryptographic algorithms would have major cybersecurity implications. Although they might only emerge in the next 5-10 years, the threat should be addressed long before this, Lorenzo Pupillo, Valtteri Lipiäinen and Carolina Polito write.

05/12/2023

World News

Euroviews. The Panama Papers proved encryption is a massive asset for democracy

We should celebrate the transformative power of encryption and spotlight the incredible things it has done in the fight to expose injustice and give a voice to the voiceless, Bastian Obermayer writes.

21/10/2023

World News

Euroviews. Will the European Parliament walk the talk and protect journalists?

In a democratic society, where we rely on journalists to act as public watchdogs, we cannot have them worried about becoming a target of government-sanctioned spying, Sebastian Becker, Chloé Berthélémy and Shubham Kaushik write.

02/10/2023

World News

Euroviews. Are we about to lose the last pillar of our digital security?

Given the grave consequences for the lives of many, and especially the most marginalised, it is crucial that everyone’s privacy is ensured, Viktoria Tomova and Chloé Berthélémy write.

25/09/2023

Tech News

Meta under fire from UK minister over Facebook encryption plans

The UK's security minister says the social media giant's plans to encrypt Facebook messages would allow child abusers to 'operate with impunity'.

24/05/2023

Europe News

Brussels dismisses privacy concerns over online child sexual abuse law

The Commission's proposal would require social media platforms and online communications providers to scan all content, even encrypted content, for Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

08/08/2022

Europe Decoded

Could social media firm Meta have alerted authorities about the Texas shooter?

Meta wants to extend end-to-end encryption to its Messenger app and Instagram.

26/05/2022

Tech News

ProtonMail secure email gave activist's IP address to French police

The service said it was compelled to hand over the data by a Swiss court order. It said the content of its encrypted emails would never be accessible by authorities.

07/09/2021

Tech News

Apple to scan US iPhones for images of child sexual abuse

Child protection groups have applauded the announcement but some security researchers are concerned that the system could be misused.

06/08/2021

Turkey

Turkey arrests man behind ByLock app linked to 2016 failed coup

A Turkish-born American has reportedly surrendered to police over a secret messaging app he owns, which has been linked to Turkey's failed 2016 military coup.

28/07/2021

Germany

Hundreds arrested in Germany after encrypted chat data bust

German security officials have arrested more than 750 people and seized large amounts of drugs after gaining access to encrypted mobile phone data.

06/07/2021

World News

Encrypted messaging app leads to 800 arrests in organised crime groups

Police accessed 27 million messages over 18 months using an encrypted messaging app. The evidence led to more than 800 arrests in global sting against organised crime

08/06/2021

World News

EU authorities penetrate phone network in huge organised crime sting

Authorities across Europe and the UK have arrested hundreds of people from some of the continent's biggest crime groups after infiltrating phone network EncroChat.

02/07/2020

United Kingdom

Third of child grooming cases involve Facebook apps says UK charity

In more than half of child grooming cases in England and Wales where police recorded information about how the child was groomed, a Facebook-owned app was used.

29/05/2020