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AT&T CEO won’t join Tim Cook in fight against encryption backdoors

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. (credit: AT&T)

US politicians have been urging tech companies to weaken the security of smartphones and other products by inserting encryption backdoors that let the government access personal data.

Numerous tech companies—including Apple—have come out strongly against the idea, saying that encryption backdoors would expose the personal data of ordinary consumers, not just...

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Microsoft may have your encryption key; here’s how to take it back

(credit: Linus Bohman)

As happens from time to time, somebody has spotted a feature in Windows 10 that isn't actually new and has largely denounced it as a great privacy violation.

The Intercept has written that if you have bought a Windows PC recently then Microsoft probably has your encryption key. This is a reference to Windows'...

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