Neowin News Feed for: Encrypted

Microsoft reminds customers that they have complete control over their data

Usama Jawad — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:20:01 +0000

Microsoft has emphasized to customers that they have complete control over their data, just days after a report confirmed that the company had handed over some BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI. Read more...

Your WhatsApp backups on Google Drive and iCloud can now be encrypted end-to-end

Usama Jawad — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:40:02 +0000

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has started generally rolling out the capability to enable end-to-end encryption of cloud backups. However, if you lose access to chats and your key, restoration is impossible. Read more...

VeraCrypt 1.19

Razvan Serea — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:36:01 +0000

Free disk encryption software based on TrueCrypt. It adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partitions encryption making it immune to new developments in brute-force attacks. Read more...

VeraCrypt 1.18

Razvan Serea — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 06:46:01 +0000

RetroShare 0.6.0

Razvan Serea — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:18:01 +0000

The next generation of peer to peer file sharing. Unlike classic P2P softwares, RetroShare only connects to trusted friends and not just anyone, this is called a "friend-to-friend (F2F)" network. Read more...

Microsoft will finally make all Bing searches encrypted by default this summer

Brad Sams — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that starting this summer, all searches on Bing will be encrypted which will give users another layer of protection on the web but they are a bit late to the party. Read more...

RetroShare 0.6.0 RC1

Razvan Serea — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 19:48:01 +0000

RetroShare is free software for encrypted filesharing, serverless email, instant messaging, chatrooms, and BBS, based on a friend-to-friend network built on GPG (GNU Privacy Guard). Read more...

VeraCrypt 1.0f-2

Razvan Serea — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:24:01 +0000

VeraCrypt 1.0f

Razvan Serea — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:30:01 +0000

In an attempt to improve web security, Google may begin favoring encrypted sites in searches

Jett Goldsmith — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:36:20 +0000

One of Google's top engineers has hinted that the search engine may begin to favor encrypted sites over others in its search algorithm, in an attempt to improve web security. Read more...

AxCrypt 1.7.3156

Razvan Serea — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:35:40 +0000

AxCrypt is the leading open source file encryption software for Windows. It integrates seamlessly with Windows to compress, encrypt, decrypt, store, send and work with individual files. Read more...

Lavabit, Silent Circle close over governmental pressures

Paul Ferson — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 08:58:31 +0000

Two supposedly secure email services, Silent Email and Lavabit, closed within a matter of hours of each other, with concerns about government pressure over 'high-profile' users of the services. Read more...

Pirate Bay co-founder planning "secure" WhatsApp rival

Andy Weir — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:49:47 +0000

The Pirate Bay co-founder, Peter Sunde, is launching a "secure and beautiful" messaging app, focusing on user privacy, knocking rivals like WhatsApp and MessageMe for maximising profit over privacy. Read more...

Google says encrypted searches are optional

Steven Parker — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:50:17 +0000

Neowin has been contacted by Google Global Communications Officer, Jay Nancarrow, who said in a follow up to this story posted two weeks ago: "I wanted to reach out to let you know that we... Read more...

Hulu tried to encrypt content, already cracked

Brad Sams — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:22:44 +0000

Hulu is trying to keep its content restricted to traditional browsers. By doing so it hopes to shut down clients such as Boxee and other apps that enable the websites content to be distributed... Read more...

Encrypted File Sharing: P2P Fights Back

Thu, 27 May 2004 15:02:22 +0000

Is it possible to end the investigations and prosecutions that the RIAA, the music download police and similar entities use to prosecute users of file-sharing networks? The answer depends, say online security experts, on which... Read more...

IBM Microdrives encrypted by Trust Digital's PDASecure

Fri, 05 Apr 2002 02:38:17 +0000

A new encryption software allows users of IBM Corp.'s Microdrive hard drives to use the same drive in different mobile devices without having to reconfigure its security settings. Trust Digital LLC announced that its... Read more...