The latest 2.24 release of the Nimbus JOSE + JWT library removes the Apache Commons Codec dependency for base 64 and base 64 URL-safe encoding / decoding, by switching to an internal codec (from the migbase64 project). This should greatly ease use of the library on Android devices. Thanks to everyone who contributed with patches […]
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Encrypt and you shall be protected, says Snowden
From Edward Snowden’s Q&A session at the Guardian: Q: Is encrypting my email any good at defeating the NSA survelielance? Id my data protected by standard encryption? Snowden: Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA […]