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0 pointsbigbugbag9y ago0 comments

Hasn't UK been fighting encryption since at least the 90's ?

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Noughmad9y ago

To be honest, they have been fighting encryption since the 30's.

arethuza9y ago

Public key encryption was actually first thought of at GCHQ - but was you would expect they kept it secret:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography#Classi...

djsumdog9y ago

So has the US:

https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/97690/MIT-CSA...

ollie879y ago

Aye. We should just go back to using the Royal Mail.

UweSchmidt9y ago

Wouldn't be surprised if the surveillance infrastructure for physical mail started deteriorating already and a beautiful handcrafted, scented letter with calligraphy could fly under the radar.

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