RetroShare helps you create a private, decentralized friends-to-friends network with encrypted communications, but how much does that increase security and privacy?

Leading browser makers say “no” to porous encryption algorithm

Users should upgrade to the new version as soon as possible

The Internet community officially banishes the notoriously unsafe Secure Sockets Layer protocol.

The Obama White House has issued a memorandum telling all US government agencies they must use HTTPS for all websites and web communication.

New crypto policy system will offer easier configuration and more uniform security.

New mail protocol will shut out the NSA and prevent snooping on metadata.

Linux users didn’t need the recent NSA eavesdropping scandal to convince them that securing communication was a good idea. For years, free software developers have been creating secure tools that offer similar functionalities to all of those popular but very leaky services with ridiculous names.