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Encryption makes it harder for law enforcement to track down “evildoers,” Bush said, joining the Obama administration’s call for Apple, Google and others to be "more cooperative."

The Obama administration's intimidation campaign got a boost when a friendly blog raised the prospect of Apple being found liable for providing material support to a terrorist.

Amnesty International urges U.S. technology companies not to turn a blind eye to China’s online repression in order to gain access to the lucrative Chinese market.

The European Union no longer considers the United States a “safe harbor” for data because the National Security Agency surveillance exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden "enables interference, by United States public authorities, with the fundamental rights of persons."

Snowden was responding to the suggestion that Apple might in certain cases be found legally liable for providing material aid to a terrorist organization because it provides encryption services to its users.

The PIT maneuver is a dangerous anti-terrorism driving tactic that some police departments use at high speeds to end pursuits, often with deadly results. In Georgia, the state police will “pit” a vehicle traveling more than 100 miles per hour.

The new mantra of Obama administration officials is that strong encryption and the government's ability to decode it are somehow reconcilable.

One of the NSA's most powerful tools of mass surveillance makes tracking someone’s Internet usage as easy as entering an email address, and provides no built-in technology to prevent abuse.

FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates announced that they would “work with” companies who provide end-to-end encryption, which makes it impossible to read intercepted digital messages.

An award-winning company founded by former Google engineers is suing the search engine giant over claims it is violating privacy rights on a “massive scale.”