MasterCard Adds Cybersecurity-Focused Exec To Ranks
MasterCard took another step in securing its cybersecurity-focused plans when it announced the appointment of Alexander N.M. Niejelow as its senior VP of public policy, starting Feb. 8. Under the...
View ArticleApple Stands Firm On Blocking Encryption Backdoor
As the encryption battle heats up, Apple CEO Tim Cook is prepared to fight the FBI’s request to gain access into the iPhone recovered from one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack...
View ArticleEncryption Vs. Cloud Computing: The Latest Debate
Does backing up data to the “cloud” actually put it in easier reach for law enforcement? According to The Wall Street Journal, while encryption helps to keep a user’s data protected, as soon as this...
View ArticleApple Wants A Government Commission To Settle Encryption Battle With FBI
Apple and the FBI are not getting along so well these days, as regular PYMNTS readers and anyone who has read the news in the last week probably already knows. The Department of Justice wants Apple to...
View ArticleMerchant Link Reveals EMV Secret
A great deal has changed in the payments space – and really any industry dealing with accepting and processing payments – since the EMV liability shift took place in October. While some merchants were...
View ArticlePayPal Cofounder Says Apple Should Unlock iPhone
The Apple-FBI saga continues with more tech industry execs weighing in on what they think Apple should be doing. The latest to join the conversation is Max Levchin, CEO of Affirm and PayPal cofounder,...
View ArticleAmazon Falls Back In Love With Encryption Support
Encryption has become one of the hottest debated subjects in the tech industry lately, and even Amazon has had its name thrown into the mix of stories. Just last week, Amazon found itself at the...
View ArticleMoving Encryption To A New Standard
Security is top of mind for payments executives. Encryption is top of mind for security. But, in some cases, security is not proving to be cost-effective. PYMNTS caught up with Rob McMillon, who...
View ArticleFacebook, Google, Snapchat and WhatsApp Level Up On Encryption
The ongoing war over encryption between Apple and the FBI looks like it is spreading out and taking on more territory. Some of the bigger names in tech — Facebook, Google, Snapchat and WhatsApp — are...
View ArticleGoogle’s Android Encryption Problem
The headlines these days would have been very different if the San Bernardino shooters had used an Android phone instead of a late model iPhone. While iPhones come, more or less, encrypted out of the...
View ArticleDoes The DOJ Delay Spell Victory For Apple?
Just when everyone was waiting to hear what would happen out of the start of the FBI-Apple hearing, the Department of Justice put a halt on the case — at least temporarily. The Department of Justice...
View ArticleAre We Having The Right Encryption Conversation?
http://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Encryption-Podcast.mp3 There’s no doubt that keeping payments data and customer data safe is job number one of every player in the payments ecosystem....
View ArticleFBI Taps Israeli Forensic Firm To Crack iPhone’s Code
A media outlet in Israel is reporting that an Israeli company has been tasked with helping the FBI gain access into the iPhone owned by one of the shooters in last year’s San Bernardino shooting....
View ArticleFBI Unlocks iPhone — DOJ Drops Case Against Apple
The U.S. Department of Justice may be withdrawing its legal action against Apple. Multiple media outlets reported yesterday (March 28) that a federal law enforcement official confirmed the Justice...
View ArticleNot Just Apple — Feds Asked Google To Unlock Phones
While Apple’s battle with the DOJ over access to an encrypted device continued to spark public debate in recent weeks, this actually isn’t the first time tech companies have been subject to the...
View ArticleWhatsApp Flips Encryption Switch
Yet another big name in tech has leveled up its encrypted products. Facebook announced on Tuesday (April 5) that the default encryption settings for the more than 1 billion users of its messaging...
View ArticleWhite House Won’t Support Encryption Bill
The Apple-FBI encryption saga appears to be tempered — for now — but the debate about what role the federal government has on the subject is just getting started. Now, the White House has gotten...
View ArticleFBI Hired The Pros To Hack The iPhone
In order to access the San Bernardino terrorist’s locked iPhone, the FBI reportedly called on the help of professional hackers. People familiar with the matter claim that the researchers hired by the...
View ArticleEncryption Battle Escalates With New Senate Proposal
Tensions between Washington and Silicon Valley may heat up with the circulation of the latest proposal from lawmakers that would force private companies to unlock encrypted devices and technology at...
View ArticleUK Surveillance Bill Takes Aim At Tech Product Launches
The U.K. might soon get a little less friendly toward tech companies — at least, about the products they may plan to launch. As part of the U.K. surveillance bill proposal, companies in the U.K. would...
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