Apple, Cisco, Mozilla, and other tech providers say a proposed law in Australia to force backdoors in encrypted services would weaken security for everyone.
Cloudflare has released a gateway and browser extension to make the distributed IPFS network easily and securely accessible.
The Tor Browser, which allows for private web browsing, is now available for the Android platform.
Policy experts say that legislation mandating encryption backdoors are not on the horizon in the U.S., but could be a reality soon in the U.K. and Australia.
The governments of the Five Eyes countries say that if tech companies can't help find a way to provide access to encrypted data, laws may be the answer.