Cybersecurity

Following the footsteps of WhatsApp, another popular messaging service, Viber has introduced end-to-end encryption for its users. Approximately 250 monthly active users use Viber to send and receive messages. The messaging app also enjoys a total of 711 million users in total, making it one of the most commonly used messaging app amongst the global audience, lagging behind WhatsApp only. It seems that end-to-encryption has now become the norm as more messaging apps are weighing their options to implement this type of encryption. According to a blog post, written by Chief Operating Officer of Viber, Michael Shumilov the end-to-end encryption

In this digital age, millions of internet users love to surf the internet through their smart devices. These smart devices have become an integral part of our lives. One simply can’t imagine living without them. The Problem As the situation stands today, the number of smart devices - including the wearable tech devices have increased by manifolds. As the number of smart device users continue to surge, the number of vulnerabilities being reported have also skyrocketed. And this trend will continue in the near future. According to a report published by McAfee, highlights the fact that the percentage of smart

Amazon, the ecommerce giant, is mulling to remove encryption capabilities of its Kindle Fire devices. The news has not come as a surprise, as the company behind Kindle Fire has been working towards relieving its Kindle devices from the burden of encryption. The company holds the point of view that the decision to remove encryption was not a new one. And that it has nothing to do with the recent Apple-related legal episode. Privacy advocates on the other hand have criticized Amazon’s move to remove encryption from its Kindle devices in the wake of the recent legal standoff. One of the

It seems that Google - the search engine giant - is not on good terms with the European Union (EU) countries, and especially with France. The French privacy watchdog, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés, (CNIL), is not particularly happy with Google’s efforts regarding the protection of privacy rights of country’s netizens. The development took place on Thursday, when the French data regulator slammed a fine amounting to $112,000 on Google for failing to comply with the demands to extend European privacy regulations on all the web domains across the United States. This penalty also relates to the violation

The National Security Agency of the United States has categorically stated that the organization is not at all interested in spying on American internet users. This statement came from NSA’s security and civil liberties officer, Rebecca Richards, on Thursday, during a panel discussion. “We are not interested in American citizens. We are looking for where our targets really are”, she said. The statement came in the wake of a new report, published by the Brennan Center for Justice. The report contains information about US spying trends, that have continued from the Reagan era till now. President Ronald Reagan passed an