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Q&A with Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on why child safety efforts online risk mass surveillance, leaving markets that demand weakening encryption, more (Mishal Husain/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 20, 2026

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Apple releases iOS 26.5, introducing end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging in beta with supported carriers; setting is enabled by default (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 11, 2026

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Intel unveiled its Heracles chip at ISSCC in February, saying it accelerates fully homomorphic encryption tasks up to 5,000 times faster than Intel’s best server processors (Samuel K. Moore/IEEE Spectrum).

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 11, 2026

Samuel K. Moore / IEEE Spectrum: Intel unveiled its Heracles chip at ISSCC in February, saying it accelerates fully homomorphic…

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Filings: Some Meta executives warned in 2019 that adding E2E encryption to Facebook and Instagram messaging would hamper the ability to report CSAM to law enforcement (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 24, 2026

Reuters: Filings: Some Meta executives warned in 2019 that adding E2E encryption to Facebook and Instagram messaging would hinder the…

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A look at WhatsApp’s E2E encryption and whether it protects against metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users’ private data (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts…)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 3, 2026

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A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with just a zip code and uses an encryption system based on “zero-knowledge proofs” (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 6, 2025

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The duality of confidentiality startup says that it has developed a private LLM inference frame which uses an entirely homomorphic encryption to allow LLM to respond to encrypted prompts (Rina Diane Caballar / IEEE Spectrum)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 24, 2025

Rina Diane Caballar / Spectrum ieee:: The duality of a confidentiality startup indicates that it has developed a private LLM…

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Switzerland offers regulations forcing service providers to collect user identifiers and deactivate encryption, threatening its paradise status for privacy technology companies (Suzanne Smalley / The Record)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 12, 2025

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Browsing: encryption

Q&A with Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on why child safety efforts online risk mass surveillance, leaving markets that demand weakening encryption, more (Mishal Husain/Bloomberg)

Apple releases iOS 26.5, introducing end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging in beta with supported carriers; setting is enabled by default (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Intel unveiled its Heracles chip at ISSCC in February, saying it accelerates fully homomorphic encryption tasks up to 5,000 times faster than Intel’s best server processors (Samuel K. Moore/IEEE Spectrum).

Filings: Some Meta executives warned in 2019 that adding E2E encryption to Facebook and Instagram messaging would hamper the ability to report CSAM to law enforcement (Reuters)

A look at WhatsApp’s E2E encryption and whether it protects against metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users’ private data (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts…)

A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with just a zip code and uses an encryption system based on “zero-knowledge proofs” (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

The duality of confidentiality startup says that it has developed a private LLM inference frame which uses an entirely homomorphic encryption to allow LLM to respond to encrypted prompts (Rina Diane Caballar / IEEE Spectrum)

Switzerland offers regulations forcing service providers to collect user identifiers and deactivate encryption, threatening its paradise status for privacy technology companies (Suzanne Smalley / The Record)