Ring expands end-to-end encryption to its battery-powered devices

Ring is expanding its end-to-end encryption (E2EE) offering to battery-powered cameras and doorbells, which the Amazon-owned company says are its best-selling products. It brought E2EE to several wired models last year. "We believe we should offer a full range of privacy options to as many customers as possible," a Ring blog post reads. "And we […]

Skype finally getting end-to-end encryption

Enlarge (credit: Skype) Since its inception, Skype has been notable for its secretive, proprietary algorithm. It’s also long had a complicated relationship with encryption: encryption is used by the Skype protocol, but the service has never been clear exactly how that encryption was implemented or exactly which privacy and security features it offers. That changes […]

IBM Z mainframe brings end-to-end encryption to all your data

Big Blue announced that its latest IBM Z mainframe computer will be able to encrypt all of the data in an enterprise all of the time, bringing encryption to everything from cloud services to databases. The IBM Z can run more than 12 billion encrypted transactions per day. This kind of encryption makes sense for security, but […]