Have you encrypted your Android device? If so, congratulations, you are one of the small number who do. Feel free to leave class early. But if your Android smartphone or tablet isn't encrypted - and ...

Devices shipped from the factory are encrypted by default, but what about the devices you upgrade from a previous version of Android? We have the answer. Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful ...

Google has announced that 80% of Android apps now encrypt all traffic by default, thanks to the increased uptake of transport layer security (TLS). TLS is a cryptographic protocol used by all HTTPS ...

Except for crimes of passion, it’s doubtful that even semiprofessional criminals would plan a crime using a smartphone unless it was encrypted, because it’s just too simple to do. But criminals do ...

Back in November, Let's Encrypt warned that older Android phones stuck running 7.1.1 Nougat or lower won’t be able to visit large portions of the secure web by September 2021. Now, the nonprofit ...

Dan Graziano is an associate editor for CNET. His work has appeared on BGR, Fox News, Fox Business, and Yahoo News, among other publications. When he isn't tinkering with the latest gadgets and gizmos ...

Using the Web might seem so simple but, like any magic trick, the really messy work happens behind the scenes and boy is it messy! In addition to the user-visible technologies at work, like HTML5, ...

Apple’s new iOS 8, which launched this week, automatically encrypts your data, and now Google has announced that their next major release of Android, which is called Android 5.0 L, will also ...

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Let’s Encrypt was founded in 2012, going public in 2014, with the aim to improve security on the web. The goal was to be achieved by providing free, automated access to SSL and TLS certificates that ...