Government Announces Steps to Restore Confidence on Encryption Standards

The National Institute of Standards and Technology said it would reopen the vetting process for a controversial encryption standard after reports that the National Security Agency had developed the standard and could break it.

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9th Circuit Appeals Court: 4th Amendment Applies At The Border; Also: Password Protected Files Shouldn't Arouse Suspicion

Here’s a surprise ruling. For many years we’ve written about how troubling it is that Homeland Security agents are able to search the contents of electronic devices, such as computers a…

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