Why Do Some iMessages Say 'Encrypted' On iPhone? Here's What It Means

After Apple released the iOS 26.5 update, the iMessage app now says "Encrypted." iMessage has always been encrypted, so why ...
IEEE

Efficient Attribute-Based Searchable Encryption With Policy Hiding Over Personal Health Records

Abstract: Due to the introduction of cloud computing in healthcare services, personal health records (PHRs) have being uploaded to cloud servers in increasing numbers. Since data confidentiality ...
IEEE

A Timed-Release E-Voting Scheme Based on Paillier Homomorphic Encryption

Abstract: E-Voting is widely used in many social, economic, political and cultural fields for its convenience, efficiency and greenness, but how to guarantee the fairness of e-voting and the ...
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Introduction to Cryptography Part 3 | Replacing Characters Instead of Shifting Them: Substitution Ciphers and Frequency Analysis

Last time, we used Python to brute-force a Caesar cipher. The Caesar cipher was... A → D B → E a cipher that shifts characters by a fixed amount, as shown here. However, this method has a major ...
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Introduction to Cryptography Part 2 | Breaking Caesar Ciphers with Python: The Basics of Brute Force Attacks

Last time, we used Python to create a Caesar cipher. It simply shifts characters by a fixed number. and other fundamentals of cryptographic technology were packed into it. However, the Caesar cipher ...
Forbes

iOS 26.5: How To Make The Most Of Apple’s New iPhone Messaging Upgrade

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The padlock shows your messages in this conversation are encrypted. The latest iPhone update ...
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End-to-end encryption: Instagram disables privacy protection

It flew somewhat under the radar, but starting today, Friday, it's getting serious: Instagram is diluting the social network's privacy protection. Meta is globally disabling the opt-in option for ...
malaymail

Coming in June: New MyKad with advanced encryption, holograms and QR codes, no Touch ’n Go function

PUTRAJAYA, May 7 — The new MyKad, which is expected to be introduced next month, will feature 53 security elements compared with 23 on the current version. National Registration Director-General Datuk ...
Android Authority

iPhone-Android RCS messaging finally gets the security upgrade we've been waiting for

Apple has released the iOS 26.5 release candidate, which officially introduces end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS conversations between iPhone and Android. A new encryption toggle in the Messages ...
GitHub

Known Attacks On Elliptic Curve Cryptography

In recent years the Elliptic Curve Cryptography approach has become popular due to its high efficiency and strong security. The purpose of this article is to present this topic in a relatively clearer ...
AppleInsider

Apple and Encryption

Your iPhone or Mac, when configured correctly, will keep all but the worst bad actors out of your data. This also means the good guys can't see your data either, and government agencies are not so ...