Solution to CIA’s Kryptos Sculpture Is Found in Smithsonian Vault

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key.

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Computer Scientists Figure Out How To Prove Lies | Quanta Magazine

An attack on a fundamental proof technique reveals a glaring security issue for blockchains and other digital encryption schemes.

Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed | TechCrunch

The bill would have required social media companies create encryption backdoors to allow access to users' private information.

UK's demand for Apple backdoor should not be heard in secret, says court | TechCrunch

A UK surveillance court said the backdoor order targeting Apple iCloud can be heard partly in public.

A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate

In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting drug trafficking.

NIST Selects HQC as Fifth Algorithm for Post-Quantum Encryption

The new algorithm will serve as a backup for the general encryption needed to protect data from quantum computers developed in the future