Digital privacy: your emails might get a lot safer

Digital Privacy: Your Emails Might Get a Lot Safer

ByJane Scearce

It appears that we may finally be making a sliver of progress on the issue of online/digital privacy. The House passed the USA Freedom Act in May, a bill that originally garnered wide support but which quickly become so watered down by more loopholes and loose provisions. It has yet to be passed in the Senate, but so…

Lavabit and silent circle shut down encrypted email services

Lavabit and Silent Circle shut down encrypted email services

ByWayne Sisson

In the wake of the Edward Snowden scandal, two of the biggest names in encrypted email have terminated services to prevent government access to their databases. Lavabit And Silent Circle Shut Down Encrypted Email Services When NSA whistle-blower, Edward Snowden, leaked documents detailing the federal government’s data-gathering program, PRISM, he knew there would be consequences…