EditorialThe messaging app Signal, which allows messages to be sent with "end-to-end encryption," on aphone in Shanghai, China, Feb. 26, 2019. (Giulia Marchi/The New York Times)
EditorialCyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, has complained for years that smartphone encryption impedes investigations. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialIf you don’t have a third-party encryption program to protect your personal files from prying eyes, there are other methods. For example, Mac users can save a folder as an encrypted disk image with the Disk Utility program. (The New York Times)
EditorialAttorney General William Barr speaks about the shooting at a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Jan. 13, 2020. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)