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Android L will be fully encrypted right out of the box

article published on 19 September, 2014

Android L will be fully encrypted by default, says Google, part of smartphone makers ongoing efforts to thwart "snooping" from the NSA, police or other government agencies. While Google has offered encryption for some its Android devices since 2011, the average user has no idea how to turn it on, or figure out what it does. Google is changing that by making encryption default as soon ... [ read the full article ]

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Mysttic
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_ 		20. September 2014 @ 09:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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 Apple says the encryption is so good that nobody can unlock or recover data, including law enforcement agencies.
I'm sure... Only time will tell the accuracy of that bold claim.
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bhetrick
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_ 		22. September 2014 @ 11:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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 Apple says the encryption is so good that nobody can unlock or recover data
No one but Apple. They'll be glad to pop in and out of your devices when their advertising partners deem it necessary.
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Ethrieltd
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_ 		25. September 2014 @ 08:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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 Apple says the encryption is so good that nobody can unlock or recover data
It hardly matters when you can be forced to disclose the key in several countries. Even in the "constitutionally" protected US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law
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kutulu1
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_ 		4. October 2014 @ 14:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Smells like horse shit to me.
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Jemborg
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_ 		7. October 2014 @ 00:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Oh yeah. Just saw the 4Corners/Frontline report on this.

As I suspected, the NSA etc. has complete access to Google's DoubleClick tracker software. COMPLETE. So just forget anything about security from these psychos... as far as I'm concerned the inmates have taken over the asylum.
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