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Study finds over half of politicians’ websites don’t use proper encryption

The U.S. came out on top.

On Mar 6, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Government shutdown causes security certificates on federal sites to lapse

Sites belonging to NASA, DOJ and more affected

On Jan 11, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Here’s why Chrome is showing ‘not secure’ website warnings now

HTTP sites aren’t secure, and Chrome wants you to know it.

On Jul 24, 2018 by Christina Bonnington

As encryption becomes necessary, companies jack up cost of HTTPS

HTTPS could be free. But some companies are charging thousands.

On Nov 16, 2016 by J.M. Porup

Exploit opens Popcorn Time to potential hacks

Streaming ain’t easy.

On Aug 5, 2015 by AJ Dellinger

The U.S. government is finally going to encrypt its websites

Better late than never.

On Jun 9, 2015 by Kevin Collier

White House urges all federal websites to adopt HTTPS

It’s a good first step, at least.

On Mar 17, 2015 by Eric Geller

Everything you need to know about HTTP/2

You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers.

On Feb 19, 2015 by AJ Dellinger

What we lose when we gain online privacy

Privacy or Internet efficiency? You might not be able to have both.

On Dec 9, 2014 by Gillian Branstetter

Google Search now promotes secured websites

Thanks to the NSA revelations, security has finally become a top priority.

On Aug 7, 2014 by Micah Singleton

Why Heartbleed is good for the Internet

That which does not kill the Internet makes the Internet stronger.

On Apr 11, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

Google researcher who discovered Heartbleed bug donates $15K reward

You can’t put a price on karma.

On Apr 10, 2014 by Fran Berkman

What is Heartbleed, the bug that’s leaking your data?

File this under “complicated but important.”

On Apr 8, 2014 by Fernando Alfonso III

Yahoo finally encrypts all its users’ email by default

It’s not great encryption, but it’s something.

On Jan 9, 2014 by Kevin Collier

The solution to online privacy? Encrypt everything

The Internet Engineering Task Force reached a “rough consensus” about standardizing Web encryption. 

On Aug 27, 2013 by Aaron Sankin