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<p>Cracking iPhones -- as in accessing their data -- will be harder when Apple rolls out USB Restricted Mode.</p>

Apple to close iPhone security hole used by police, criminals

The Lightning port won't let anyone access data after an iPhone has been locked for an hour

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<p>Australia won't force tech companies to include built-in back doors to bypass encryption, its cyber security minister insists.</p>

Australia will force tech companies to help cops view encrypted data

The country's cyber security chief insists it won't involve a back door to bypass encryption.

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FBI repeatedly inflated cell phone encryption threat numbers

The bureau counted nearly 7,800 encrypted devices connected to crimes last year, when the number is probably closer to 2,000.

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Twitter may be tinkering with encrypted direct messages

A researcher finds Android APK code for a "Secret Conversation" feature that would offer end-to-end encryption.

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<p>ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JUNE 23, 2017: Telegram, a free cloud-based instant messaging service, running on a smartphone. Sergei Konkov/TASS (Photo by Sergei Konkov\TASS via Getty Images)</p>

Russia bans Telegram encrypted messaging app

But can Russia actually block it? Telegram may have a workaround.

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<p>Mark Baldwin demonstrates the Enigma cipher machine, which he says "just changes one letter into another." The way it does that is much more complicated than you might imagine.</p>

Enigma: Up close with a Nazi cipher machine

It wasn't a computer, but it created encryption so advanced that humans needed machines to crack the code. CNET takes a look inside.

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The SikurPhone will protect your cryptocurrency fortune

Paranoid about security? Here's a locked-down phone that might suit you perfectly.

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<p>What's the key to solid encryption technology? Well, pouring $50 million into its development can't hurt.</p>

Signal app for private chats gets $50M boost from WhatsApp VIP

WhatsApp co-founder and former Facebooker Brian Acton is putting millions into the encrypted-chat app and will head up a new foundation devoted to furthering privacy.

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<p>Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a cybersecurity task force composed of members from several government agencies and divisions of the Justice Department Tuesday. Their focus will be the abuse of technology.</p>

Jeff Sessions: Cyber task force will tackle US tech troubles

A week after the indictment of Russian nationals, the US attorney general requests a report on the risks of the "malicious use of technology."

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<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University on Tuesday.</p>

Encryption an 'urgent public safety issue,' FBI chief says

The bureau's director says his agency was unable to access the contents of nearly 7,800 devices last year, despite legal authority.

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FBI can't get inside Texas church shooter's phone

The situation echoes the one the agency faced when Apple refused to unlock the iPhone of a San Bernardino shooter.

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<p>It just got a lot easier for the FBI to hack into your computer.</p>

FBI tried to break into 6,900 phones -- and failed

Looks like there’s a good chance no one, not even the FBI, can steal data from your phone.

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