No decoding of the Voynich manuscript has survived scrutiny
Three researchers have separately announced they cracked the Voynich manuscript's code since 2017. None produced a translation other experts accept.
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A researcher unlocked an encrypted laptop in about five minutes
A 2020 demonstration called Thunderspy unlocked encrypted Windows and Linux laptops in minutes. A separate flaw breaks the security chip in Macs.
How a VPN works, and who still gets to watch you
A VPN encrypts your traffic and routes it through a company's server, so the question is which watcher you trust more, not whether one exists.
Certificate authorities check who owns a site before signing
Your browser trusts over 100 certificate authorities. CISA warns they vary in how strictly they check, and only a fingerprint check by phone is certain.
Encryption hides what you say, not who you said it to
End-to-end encryption stops a provider reading your words, but it still knows who messaged whom, when, and how the chat moved.
Let's Encrypt made HTTPS certificates free and automatic
Let's Encrypt automated the forms, waiting and server setup as well, then issued its billionth HTTPS certificate in February 2020.
Bletchley's Bombe cut Enigma's settings to about a million
Enigma had 158 million million million settings. The Turing-Welchman Bombe cut that to about a million, and helped Bletchley Park find each day's key.
Apple v the FBI: the US fight that one iPhone started
In 2016 a US judge told Apple to help the FBI into a gunman's iPhone. Apple refused, calling it a backdoor, and the case ended when a hired firm broke in.