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Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications

  • Written by Richard Forno, Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Assistant Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageSignal is the poster child for strong encryption apps.AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato

Reports that prominent American national security officials used a freely available encrypted messaging app, coupled with the rise of authoritarian policies around the world, have led to a surge in interest in encrypted apps like Signal and WhatsApp. These apps prevent...

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