"I am concerned that these actions by foreign powers to impose censorship and weaken end-to-end encryption will erode Americans' freedoms and subject them to myriad harms, such as surveillance by foreign governments and an increased risk of identity theft and fraud," Ferguson wrote in the letters, the statement added.
VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) allow you to browse the internet from a remote server, masking your IP address and anonymizing your identity in the process.
Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised the development of its own, state-backed messaging app, which will be integrated with government services, and will provide a more functional service to locals.
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal will hear five legal challenges regarding a secret Home Office order requiring Apple to grant access to encrypted iCloud data.
"The second that you give up your data to someone else, you've essentially reduced your privacy," Jonathan Mortensen, founder and CEO of Confident Security, told TechCrunch. "And our product's goal is to remove that trade-off."
