Computing Smart cryptography may help limit the damage from the MyFitnessPal megabreach The fitness app uses a technology called bcrypt that will give the hackers a serious headache. by Martin Giles 2018-03-30T17:15:00-04:00
Blockchain A Mind-Bending Cryptographic Trick Promises to Take Blockchains Mainstream Cryptographers have researched zero-knowledge proofs for two decades, but the technique is only just now poised to redefine the concept of online privacy. by Mike Orcutt 2017-11-09T11:55:00-05:00
Connectivity How Encrypted Weather Data Could Help Corporate Blockchain Dreams Come True Banks and investors have sunk millions into the idea that blockchain programs called smart contracts can make finance and other industries more efficient. by Tom Simonite 2017-05-11T12:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines This Browser Upgrade Could Block Users in Developing Nations from Most of the Web A more secure type of encryption will soon be required to protect Internet users’ data, but older devices don’t support it. by Signe Brewster 2015-12-29T11:59:00-05:00
Connectivity User Error Compromises Many Encrypted Communication Apps Apps that aim to let you talk securely may be made less secure by users who screw up the authentication process. by Rachel Metz 2015-12-14T18:29:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Claimed Breakthrough Slays Classic Computing Problem; Encryption Could Be Next A professor who created an algorithm that may overturn an orthodoxy of computer science has the field’s experts excited. by Tom Simonite 2015-11-13T14:00:00-05:00
Business Impact Bitcoin’s Dark Side Could Get Darker Investors see riches in a cryptography-enabled technology called smart contracts–but it could also offer much to criminals. by Tom Simonite 2015-08-13T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines The Least Worst Way of Letting the Government Read Encrypted Messages Is Still a Terrible Idea A lawyer and cryptographer try to sketch out the most secure way to let the U.S. government intercept encrypted messages—and conclude it still won’t work. by Tom Simonite 2015-08-06T13:22:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines People Want Safe Communications, Not Usable Cryptography For encryption to be widely used, it must be built into attractive, easy-to-use apps like those people already rely on. by Justin Troutman 2014-12-12T11:30:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Cryptography Could Add Privacy Protections to NSA Phone Surveillance Cryptography could enforce limits on data collected for surveillance data while still permitting agencies to do their jobs, argues a Microsoft researcher. by Tom Simonite 2014-04-09T00:00:00-04:00