Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications

Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications

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 anyone, including the government and the app companies themselves, from reading messages they intercept.

Governments Continue Losing Efforts To Gain Backdoor Access To Secure Communications - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County

Written by Richard Forno, principal lecturer in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC 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 anyone, including the government and the app companies themselves, from reading m…