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Browser makers cite coronavirus, restore support for obsolete TLS 1.0 and 1.1 encryption
Google, Microsoft and Mozilla have each issued reprieves to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1, aged encryption protocols that were to be bounced from browser support in March, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.By common agreement, Google's Chrome, Microsoft's...
Zoom pauses new feature development to focus on privacy, security
Zoom has decided to cease development of new product features so it can focus on fixing various privacy and security issues.The company has seen a surge in the use of its platform in recent weeks, as self isolation in response to the Covid-19 pandemic ramps up the...
Pandemic leads to surge in video conferencing app downloads
Business communication apps saw record levels of growth in March, according to statistics from mobile market data provider App Annie.With a growing portion of the global population now living under some kind of government lockdown, many organizations have had to shift...
New coronavirus-era surveillance and biometric systems pose logistical, privacy problems
As the COVID-19 pandemic grips the globe, new surveillance methods are already raising new privacy and security challenges despite the still-early days of this crisis. Chief among these potential problems is the sudden turn by the government toward using geolocation...
Colleges expand VPN capacity, conferencing to answer COVID-19
Colleges that moved from on-campus classrooms to remote learning due to COVID-19 had to quickly upgrade networks to support new VPN connections for remote access. Fortunately, many online-learning platforms rely on cloud-based applications that don’t put additional...
FCC wants to add a new swath of bandwidth to Wi-Fi 6
A proposed FCC rule would allow Wi-Fi 6 devices to make unlicensed use of an additional range of wireless spectrum, which would more than quadruple the number of channels available to Wi-Fi routers.While that might be good news for enterprises seeking higher density...