encryption

Retail Asia29/10/2021

If you’re concerned about the privacy of your voice communications, Google has a new way to guarantee that no one can snoop in on your calls anymore. Of course, there’s only so much the search giant can control, so the newly announced end-to-end encryption feature will merely work on the company’s own Fi MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) […]

Retail Asia15/10/2021

Although WhatsApp already offers end-to-end encryption for messages sent, received, and stored on a device, many users are taking advantage of the backup functionality to save the history of their chats in case they lose their phones. Up until today, these backups did not feature end-to-end encryption like the messages stored on the phone but going […]

Retail Asia17/06/2021

Google Messages is finally getting end-to-end encryption, which means your messages will be secure from prying eyes. Google has been testing improved security for its Messages app since last year, but only a limited number of users had access to end-to-end encryption. Starting this week, Google is rolling out end-to-end encryption to all Messages users. However, to […]

Retail Asia16/06/2021

When Google first started disseminating Rich Communication Services (RCS) to Android users, Google tried to copy several iMessage features. Because it uses a data hook up instead of a cellular connection, RCS can deliver much larger messages (8,000 characters up from 160), handle larger video and image files, show read receipts and more. One thing that RCS […]

Retail Asia10/03/2021

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We’ve got a bit of welcome news from a WhatsApp leak today, especially in this era of constant bombardment with news about data spills and app security breaches all over the place. “WhatsApp is working on cloud backups encryption,” the independent but reliable source WABetaInfo claims in the Twitter leak. Apparently, WhatsApp is introducing a new password-protected […]

Retail Asia11/11/2020

Announced on Monday, a settlement between video conferencing app Zoom and the FTC revealed that since 2016, Zoom had been lying about providing ‘end-to-end, 256-bit encryption’ to protect the security of users’ communication. The truth was that Zoom was actually giving users a lower level of security. As the FTC said on Monday, “Zoom maintained the […]

Retail Asia22/09/2016

KB Kookmin Bank, Korea’s largest financial institution, is deploying Ciena’s encryption capabilities for secure, high-capacity data centre interconnect (DCI), in a bid to better protect customer data. The encryption solution protects KB Kookmin Bank’s data transmissions from its offices and enables secure data centre interconnect (DCI) between its data centers. Several security solutions exist to protect data […]

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Google Fi is fi-nally getting end-to-end encryption for phone calls

WhatsApp rolls out end-to-end encryption for backup services

Google rolls out Messages end-to-end encryption to everyone

RCS becomes a little more Apple-flavored after adding end-to-end encyption

WhatsApp is working on encrypted chat backups, disappearing photo feature

Zoom lied about using end-to-end encryption and is lightly spanked by the FTC

Korean bank deploys optical encryption from Ciena