A Colorado woman ordered to decrypt her laptop so prosecutors may use the files against her in a criminal case might have forgotten the password, the defendant's attorney said Monday. The authorities ...

Like many Internet addicts, I have way too many user name/password accounts to remember: accounts on social-networking sites, rarely used logins at work, on-line banking and so on. One solution to ...

Refusing to decrypt your hard drive for authorities, even if you’ve allegedly forgotten the password, is still considered contempt of court. That’s according to a U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals ...

We've seen how easily weak passwords can be hacked, and we've also discussed how you can easily memorize or automatically generate and fill in secure passwords. Here's a great technique to add an ...

A Colorado woman who was ordered to unlock her computer for investigators is reportedly saying she can’t remember her password. Last month U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ordered Ramona Ficosu to ...

Wordle, a word game that guesses the hidden five-letter English words that became a hugely popular game all over the world and was acquired by the New York Times, has become a Japanese version and a ...

While encrypting and decrypting a volume can be done on the fly, the option for changing its password is a bit hidden. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the death of the password are greatly exaggerated. Proclaiming their imminent demise is wishful thinking, for they are with us for the indefinite future.