But some in the online community feel that the administration is still moving too slowly, especially regarding the sale of encryption devices.

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Secure storage devices with on-board encryption are available from many vendors today, including all hard disk manufacturers (Seagate Technology, Western Digital and Toshiba) as well as major SSD manufacturers such as Intel, Micron, and Samsung.

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But in the meantime, if you're in California and are concerned about privacy and your constitutional rights, it's a good idea to protect your cell phone and other electronic devices with a password or encryption.

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But the Justice Department and the FBI want Congress to pass a quite different bill, one, which would make it easier for them secretly to gain access to suspects' computers in their homes, to gather passwords, to install "recovery devices" and to disable encryption and security software.

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While they allow for doctors to collect valuable data, many of these devices were distributed without any type of encryption or defensive mechanisms in place.

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On November, 2007, in order to sell its devices inside Russia, RIM provided its encryption keys to Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) which, in turn, provided access to the Federal Security Service (FSB).

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First, mobile devices that access the network should have data encryption and organizations must ensure that all users are authenticated.

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Until October, when the relevant section of DMCA goes into effect, the use of an encryption circumvention device such as DeCSS is not illegal, only distribution or trafficking in such devices, she said.

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Providing greater security than available on other devices, it includes best-in-class, end-to-end encryption that protects a customer's sensitive credit card data from the moment a card is swiped.

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Sure a few Android devices like Motorola Droid 2 get the FIPS-140-2 but thats only for data encryption modules NOT including the operating system its self.

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Encryption technology is an important element of an information-centric security solution, as critical information is increasingly on mobile devices and in the cloud.

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