But many warn that encryption offers a false sense of security. “The fundamental designers of cryptography are in an arms race right now, but there are a series of weaknesses and missing oversights ...

FBI Executive Assistant Director Amy Hess testifies before Congress. Laws rarely, if ever, keep up with technology, but even if they could, the consequences could prove more harmful than the benefits.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Encrypted email, secure instant messaging and other privacy services are booming in the wake of the National Security Agency’s recently revealed surveillance programs. But the flood ...