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Scientists Are Encrypting Information Using Crystals

February 11, 2020 admin cryptography, crystal, crystals, encryption, random number, Tech News

Credit to Author: Maddie Bender| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:45:23 +0000

Random numbers are hard to come by, and growing crystals inside normal computers could be one way to get them.

Barr Says Police Need Encryption Backdoors, Doesn’t Mention Hacking Tools They Use All the Time

July 23, 2019 admin apple, backdoors, barr, crypto wars, cryptography, Cybersecurity, encryption, hacking, iPhone, privacy

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:25:16 +0000

Barr reignited demands for tech companies to find a technical solution to the ‘Going Dark’ issue, but neglected to mention in his keynote speech that law enforcement agencies use hacking techniques to bypass encryption.

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As Authoritarian Governments Surveil the Internet, Open Source Projects Decide How to Respond

July 23, 2019 admin cryptography, eff, electronic frontier foundation, https, kazakhstan, mozilla, privacy, SURVEILLANCE, tech-power, wikimedia

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:06:32 +0000

Kazakhstan is telling citizens to download a cryptographic certificate, letting authorities monitor their traffic. Mozilla and Wikimedia are discussing how to respond from afar.

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Experts Doubt Russian Claims That Cryptographic Flaw Was a Coincidence

May 9, 2019 admin backdoors, crypto, cryptography, decryption, encryption, encryption backdoors, hacking, iso, nsa, Russia

Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 13:41:42 +0000

At a recent international standards meeting, experts said they weren’t convinced by a Russian explanation about a potentially flawed new encryption algorithm.