Reasons not to encrypt your Android device Encrypting your phone may seem like a no-brainer, but there are a few reasons why you may want to hold off. The method is slightly different for each device.

Enabling encryption on your Apple phone or tablet is easier than you think.

FRANKFURT - A German security expert has raised the ire of the cell phone industry after he and a group of researchers posted online a how-to guide for cracking the encryption that keeps the calls ...

That algorithm, dubbed A5/1, is a 64-bit encryption function and was adopted in 1988. Since then 128-bit codes have been implemented to ensure caller privacy on newer, third-generation networks.

A German computer scientist publishes details of the secret code used to encrypt the majority of mobile phone conversations.