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eCrypt Attends pii2010 Privacy Conference

eCrypt (along with a Privacy Now TV crew) made the trek to Seattle to attend pii2010, a digital privacy, identity and innovation conference. It was a great experience with many privacy and security experts – including representatives from Google, Intel and PayPal – in attendance from all over North America. The main themes of the [...]

eCrypt proudly sponsors Privacy Now TV

eCrypt Technologies is proud to be Title Sponsor of the new weekly web series "Privacy Now TV". Hosted by our own Kasia Zukowska, Privacy Now TV will provide viewers with valuable information every week regarding online privacy and security.

Why BlackBerry service went dark in the Middle East.

Newswires are ablaze with stories about privacy, Research in Motion, and how the two fit together in the political climate of the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The root of the turmoil stems with the governments and royalty of these nations and their access to the data transmitted to RIM’s BlackBerry mobile communications platform. The [...]

eCrypt TV Spot

Check out our new TV spot on CNBC for eCrypt email privacy solution for BlackBerry smartphones.

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“The lesson of the Twitter hack. Passwords are pitiful.”

Some people say that because of innovations in information security, password protection is yesterday’s news, but I would argue that it is still our first line of defense. Think about it: many encryption solutions require the use of a password or PIN to encrypt/decrypt items; you have to enter a password to access your email [...]

The Truth About Cell Phone “Security”

As you may or may not have heard GSM technology isn’t secure, that is, the outdated algorithms still used today have been broken. In fact, bigger brother 3G has been compromised also. So what does this mean? Your cell phone calls are not private. But where they ever really? Authorities have always had the capability [...]

FREE ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE!

In honor and support of the Data Privacy Day initiative, we are giving away FREE software all day long! What kind? Glad you asked: it’s called simply eCrypt and it is encryption software for email on BlackBerry smartphones. eCrypt is an easy to use, stand alone, and TRUE end-to-end encryption solution. What does this mean? [...]

5 Tips to protect your Online Privacy

The internet is saturated with resource, service, and shopping sites that we use on a daily basis. Some are forums we join to get information, other social networking sites we join to stay in touch. Others facilitate purchases of items we may not be able to, or have the time to, purchase locally. Sometimes we [...]

Passwords: DO’s and DON’Ts

A password is your first defense – think of it like the lock on your front door. There are some important DOs and DON’Ts that everyone needs to be aware of, but most importantly, PRACTICE. DON’T use the same password for multiple items. If your house key also opened your car, your office, your safety [...]