Thursday, October 17, 2013

Philosophy Wire: RSA, hacking, coding...


Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-10-17]: RSA, the internet security firm, has warned customers not to use one of its own encryption algorithms after fears it can be unlocked by the US National Security Agency (NSA). In an advisory note to its developer customers, RSA said that a default algorithm in one of its toolkits could contain a "back door" that would allow the NSA to decrypt encrypted data. [1] The best way to crack codes has always been not-related to coding...

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