- Over a Quarter of the Encrypted Web Is About to Be Broken http://motherboard.vice.com/read/over-a-quarter-of-the-encrypted-web-is-about-to-be-broken 9 comments technology
- Should all web traffic be encrypted? http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/02/should-all-web-traffic-be-encrypted.html 38 comments webdev
- Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90% https://netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22datelabel%22%3A%22custom%22%2C%22attributes%22%3A%22share%22%2C%22group%22%3A%22secure%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22share%22%3A-1%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%22https%22%2C%22dateinterval%22%3A%22monthly%22%2C%22datestart%22%3A%222019-10%22%2C%22dateend%22%3A%222019-10%22%2C%22segments%22%3A%22-1000%22%7D 249 comments linux
- Let’s Encrypt makes certs for almost 30% of web domains https://www.leebutterman.com/2019/08/05/analyzing-hundreds-of-millions-of-ssl-connections.html 48 comments netsec
- Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/certificate-authority-encrypt-entire-web 4 comments devops
- Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/certificate-authority-encrypt-entire-web 336 comments programming
- The basics of encryption when two web browsers are communicating (awesome explanation) http://www.wimp.com/howencryption/ 28 comments compsci
- How the NSA can break trillions of encrypted Web and VPN connections http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/how-the-nsa-can-break-trillions-of-encrypted-web-and-vpn-connections/ 51 comments linux
- How the NSA can break trillions of encrypted Web and VPN connections http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/how-the-nsa-can-break-trillions-of-encrypted-web-and-vpn-connections/ 59 comments technology
- Internet.org opens to developers, but won't support encryption over the web http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/4/8542829/internet-org-platform-developers-https-encryption 16 comments worldnews
- Edward Snowden: Complete web encryption is the best way to counter mass surveillance http://factor-tech.com/connected-world/17820-edward-snowden-complete-web-encryption-is-the-best-way-to-counter-mass-surveillance/ 18 comments technology
- Lockee — Temporary encrypted file lockers on the web. http://www.lockee.me/ 11 comments linux
- Be warned: Google enlists Chrome in push for encrypted Web http://www.cnet.com/news/chrome-becoming-tool-in-googles-push-for-encrypted-web/ 7 comments browsers
- EFF, Mozilla, Cisco and Akamai are launching "Let's Encrypt", a certificate authority to encrypt the entire Web https://letsencrypt.org/ 68 comments netsec
- In an attempt to improve web security, Google may begin ranking encrypted sites higher than non-encrypted sites in searches http://www.neowin.net/news/in-an-attempt-to-improve-web-security-google-may-begin-favoring-encrypted-sites-in-searches 51 comments technology
- Web app that encrypts Google Docs so they can't be viewed by the NSA [x-post from r/privacy] https://www.fogpad.net 7 comments technology
- Great article about weaknesses of encryption methods in modern web frameworks. http://timoh6.github.com/2012/08/21/cryptography-in-web-applications-a-false-sense-of-security.html 5 comments programming
- Congress proposes anti-child abuse rules to punish web platforms — and raises fears about encryption https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/5/21162983/congress-senate-earn-it-act-lindsey-graham-richard-blumenthal-section-230-encryption-bill-proposed 8 comments politics
- How HTTPS Everywhere Keeps Protecting Users On An Increasingly Encrypted Web https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/how-https-everywhere-keeps-protecting-users-increasingly-encrypted-web 22 comments firefox
- Make your web app use HTTPS in 30 minutes with Let’s Encrypt and NGINX https://calum.github.io/2018/01/20/Make-your-web-app-use-HTTPS-in-30-minutes 26 comments node
- A Chip to Encrypt the Web: New hardware should make it possible for all online data to be as secure as a credit card transaction. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38336/ 8 comments technology
- EU Tries to Slip In New Powers To Intercept Encrypted Web Traffic Without Anyone Noticing https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/03/eu-tries-to-slip-in-new-powers-to-intercept-encrypted-web-traffic-without-anyone-noticing/ 3 comments europe
- Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals — growing network of hackers sharing data leaks on encrypted messaging app https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/telegram-emerges-as-new-dark-web-for-cyber-criminals/ 6 comments technology
- A new bill could punish web platforms for using end-to-end encryption https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21116788/earn-it-act-section-230-lindsey-graham-draft-bill-encryption 4 comments politics
- A new bill could punish web platforms for using end-to-end encryption https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21116788/earn-it-act-section-230-lindsey-graham-draft-bill-encryption 13 comments politics
- A new bill could punish web platforms for using end-to-end encryption https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21116788/earn-it-act-section-230-lindsey-graham-draft-bill-encryption 38 comments firefox
- A new bill could punish web platforms for using end-to-end encryption https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21116788/earn-it-act-section-230-lindsey-graham-draft-bill-encryption 41 comments politics
- A new bill could punish web platforms for using end-to-end encryption https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21116788/earn-it-act-section-230-lindsey-graham-draft-bill-encryption 23 comments technology
- Hacker Lexicon: What Is HTTPS? Whereas HTTPS once was used almost exclusively to protect ecommerce and login pages, web administrators are increasingly rolling out encryption to other sorts of pages, from social media to government sites to news outlets. http://www.wired.com/2016/04/hacker-lexicon-what-is-https-encryption/?mbid=social_twitter 7 comments technology
- Web Hosting Supporting Let's Encrypt - Thought this would be helpful, I've seen a lot of people asking about it. https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt/wiki/web-hosting-supporting-le 8 comments linux
- Apple, Google and Microsoft: weakening encryption lets the bad guys in. Technology companies respond to post-Paris attack threats to web security and calls for backdoors in encryption from government. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/23/apple-google-microsoft-weakening-encryption-back-doors 6 comments technology
- Netflix Moving To Encrypted Streams, As Mozilla Moves To Deprecate Unencrypted Web Pages As Insecure https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150415/16181530668/netflix-moving-to-encrypted-streams-as-mozilla-moves-to-deprecate-unencrypted-web-pages-as-insecure.shtml 44 comments privacy
- How to Encrypt the Entire Web for Free. Ambitious new non-profit Let’s Encrypt aims to render vast regions of the internet invisible to prying eyes. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/11/20/non-profit-plans-encrypt-entire-web-free/ 37 comments privacy
- Tim Berners-Lee: encryption cracking by spy agencies 'appalling and foolish' - Inventor of world wide web calls for debate about 'dysfunctional and unaccountable' oversight of NSA and GCHQ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/tim-berners-lee-encryption-spy-agencies 21 comments worldnews
- Internet security experts are calling for a campaign to rewrite Web security in the wake of disclosures that the U.S. National Security Agency has developed the capability to break encryption protecting millions of sites. http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/internet-experts-want-security-revamp-after-nsa-revelations-8c11107458 53 comments politics
- Unsene: Secure and Private Chat, Calls, and Photo and File Sharing Protect your privacy with end-to-end encrypted, secure, and private messaging, voice, and video calls and photo sharing on web, peer-to-peer desktop and mobile. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/unsene-secure-and-private-chat-calls-and-photo-and-file-sharing 9 comments privacy
- Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords "Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form." http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595529-38/feds-tell-web-firms-to-turn-over-user-account-passwords/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title 16 comments technology
- Keep it secret, keep it safe: A beginner's guide to Web safety. Understanding encryption is key to protecting yourself on the Web. http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/keep-it-secret-keep-it-safe-a-beginners-guide-to-web-safety/ 4 comments privacy
- Pirate Party puts up guides for encrypting communications, web browsing, and using the I2P network (x-post from r/darknetplan) http://wiki.pirateparty.ca/index.php/Operation_Electronic_Leviathan 5 comments privacy
- Web Images to Get Expiration Date: German researchers have created software called X-Pire that gives images an expiration date by tagging them with an encrypted key. Once this date has passed the key stops the images being viewed and copied. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12215921 13 comments technology