#Encryption

Author: Chris Hoffman / Source: How-To Geek Linus Torvalds just released version 5.0 of the Linux kernel, codenamed “Shy Crocodile”. Linux 5.0 includes Google’s new encryption tech as well as support for AMD FreeSync, Raspberry Pi touch screens, and more goodies. Linux 5.0 arrived on March 3,

Author: Andrew Heinzman / Source: How-To Geek Low-resource Android phones and IoT devices don’t have the processing power to use modern encryption services, which makes them vulnerable to hacking. That’s why Google is introducing Adiantum, a super-fast encryption standard for low-resource Android

Author: Oliver Haslam / Source: How-To Geek WhatsApp made a name for itself as a secure messaging platform with its use of end-to-end encryption. Despite being owned by Facebook, it just released an update that furthers that pursuit of security, bringing support for Touch ID and Face ID, too.

Author: David E. Sanger / Source: New York Times A Marriott hotel in Chicago. The company revealed in late November that its Starwood guest reservation database was hacked. The number of records affected has been revised downward, to about 383 million customers, but is still the biggest breach of

Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think A new report from The Associated Press outlines Estonia’s most recent advancements in its digital government. Estonia allows its citizens to vote, obtains medical data and register business documents online. Given security concerns and other