New Android Marshmallow devices must have default encryption, Google says

Google has released compatibility requirements for new devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and there’s one requirement that is justifiably getting a lot of attention – full-disk encryption must be enabled by default (with a few exceptions).

Firefox beats Chrome and Tor in our trustworthy browser poll

For the third year running you voted Mozilla’s veteran Firefox browser as the most trusted browser, beating both Google’s market leading Chrome and privacy poster boy Tor.

Hijacking phones with radio waves, Siri and headphones. Should we worry?

We can make calls, send text messages, do web searches, and much more using voice commands. What if someone else could do these things – silently, remotely, and without your knowledge?

87% of Android devices are exposed to at least one critical vulnerability

University of Cambridge researchers find that the Android ecosystem is a “market for lemons,” with 87% of devices unpatched against at least one known critical vulnerability.

“I will not knit my own cryptography!” 60 Second Security

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