Encryption is the process of converting text into code. Encryption devices are the machines that perform the actual encrypting. Such machines have existed throughout history. Though encryption began more as a need in war than commerce, in the late...

Viewpoint: Yes, while it's true that data encryption protects and furthers important civil liberties, it also poses a threat to public safety. Viewpoint: No, private strong encryption contributes to American society by safeguarding basic rights,...

Although privacy and its protection are hotly debated in the beginning of the twenty-first century, what is being debated is poorly defined. According to definitions of "privacy" and "private" in Webster's Third New...

In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information (referred to as plaintext) using an algorithm (called cipher) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of...

A Navy investigator testified Wednesday that a computer disk seized from the brother of a Chinese-born engineer accused of stealing U.S. defense technology secrets contained encrypted files.Nicholas Mikus, an investigative computer specialist for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, said the files could only be unlocked...

Hackers stole millions of credit card numbers from discount retailer TJX Cos. by intercepting wireless transfers of customer information at two Miami-area Marshalls stores, according to an eight-month investigation by the Canadian government.The probe led by Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart faulted TJX for failing...

Seagate Technology LLC, the world's largest hard drive maker, announced Monday the first manufacturer to sell laptop PCs with its new built-in encryption technology.The hard drives, to be available in laptops made by ASI Computer Technologies, will include a chip that makes it impossible for...

How do you know whether the chip that runs your PC or Apple iPhone is a fake or the genuine article?Experts say that it's getting harder all the time to tell the real thing from a fake chip -- even for them. That's why the...