This article is part of the Free Speech Project, a collaboration between Future Tense and the Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law that examines the ways ...

The billions of tiny devices that make up the internet of things have effectively spread to every corner of the globe and integrated themselves into almost everything: televisions, sneakers, ...

When Facebook opened its Internet.org platform to developers back in May, it came with a big caveat: every service running on the platform had to transmit its data in the clear, without encryption.

Internet-connected gadgets like light bulbs and fitness trackers are notorious for poor security. That's partly because they’re often made cheaply and with haste, which leads to careless mistakes and ...

VPNs, or virtual private networks, continue to be used by millions of people as a way of masking their internet activity by encrypting their location and web traffic. But on the modern internet, most ...

Australia's push to enact laws that would allow its law-enforcement agencies to compel companies help them break their own encryption represent an existential threat to the internet's security and ...

The Internet Society says perceptions around data encryption need to change in order to help build a stronger global digital economy. The organization, which aims to ensure the internet “stays open”, ...

After helping elect President Donald Trump, major tech companies could be in for yet another windfall as Congress examines a ...

The UK government has once again raised the issue of online surveillance and internet regulation. But it's unclear exactly what the Conservatives want to do, while cybersecurity experts accuse the ...

ZDNET's key takeaways The internet is bigger and more fragile than ever, thanks to larger attacks. Much of that growth is ...

When midnight strikes on Jan. 1, 2016, a new Internet security standard goes into effect. The cryptographic hashing algorithm that encrypts websites to help keep them secure will be updated. While ...

Last night’s Republican debate is over, and we’re now a safe enough distance to look back. The debate was nominally focused on national security, which means we heard discussion on shutting down the ...