2016 Preview: America's War Against Bitcoin's BFF - Encryption
Encryption. Many novices in Bitcoin believe this technology is some new, revolutionary invention born out of digital currency, but in fact, encryption has been around for generations. In Western civilization, your government, your banks, and your military have been keeping their dirty secrets for decades with encryption, and the common man has just started to see the benefits of this trickle down to street level. Your online banking and smartphone use it every day to protect your privacy…..for now. Some powerful people within the U.S. Government would like to see privacy come to an end....
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February 11, 2016 —The use of encryption whether in messaging applications, using Bitcoin and other methods of privacy-centric technology continues to bother global leaders. Some of these technical advances have given authorities the opinion that they are being kept in the “dark.” Now Government officials in the U.S. are proposing to increase their funding to crack today’s encryption methods and enhance security. The Obama administration’s latest proposal the “Cybersecurity National Action Plan” details that the president believes cybersecurity is a difficult challenge for America. The....
Discussions about encryption are becoming more of a norm than the exception these days, and the situation is only getting direr in certain regions. The Hungarian Parliament is in favour to ban end-to-end encryption in the not-so-distant future. Hungary Takes on End-to-End Encryption. According to local sources, the Hungarian parliament voted on an amendment which prohibits end-to-end encryption in the country. Similar to most other countries in the world taking an aggressive stance on encryption, they label this decision as part of the “ongoing war on terrorism in Hungary”. As a result of....
WhatsApp has decided to turn on encryption for all messages. Will this lead to more private conversations or have they just opened a can of worms? What is encryption and how will it work for WhatsApp users? On April 5, 2016, WhatsApp announced on its blog that they were going to start providing full end-to-end encryption. The announcement says: “The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to. No one can see inside that message. Not cybercriminals. Not hackers. Not oppressive regimes. Not even us.....
5 March 2016 – Amazon has retracted their move to disable encryption on Fire OS and HDX devices. They have no plans to quickly fix this issue, though, saying that the update reenabling this security feature will come sometime in Spring. This leaves Amazon device users without an option for device encryption for at least a few months, putting their privacy and data at risk. Given Amazon’s heavy integration of monetized services and cloud applications, this security fix seems like it should be a higher priority for the internet retail giant.
Encryption is a hot topic among digital currency enthusiasts, as it not only protects privacy but it is also a more secure method of dealing with various aspects of life. The new encryption bill draft by the Intelligence Committee has caused a lot of backlash, and understandably so. Although this excuse has been all but milked out, the new encryption bill draft – called Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 – is designed to “protect Americans from criminals and terrorists”. It is not the first time this line has been used, nor will it be the last time, as the government has an....