The Cryptowars: A short history of encryption politics
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The Cryptowars: A short history of encryption politics

54:48 Jun 14, 2024
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Welcome to the last of our short series on encryption. This week we're just talking amongst ourselves, luckily Gus is an expert on encryption - having been working in and around the encryption debate since the '90s. Links - Read more about PI's work on encryption here: ?privacyinternational.org/learn/encryption? - Matt Blaze and crypto.com: theverge.com/2018/7/6/17540818/crypto-com-domain-matt-blaze-monaco-mco-cryptology-sale; you can now find Matt at mattblaze.org - More about ITAR and the export of cryptography: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States - More about France's ban on encryption ending in this 1999 article from the Register: theregister.com/1999/01/15/france_to_end_severe_encryption/ - More about the Data Encryption Standard: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Encryption_Standard - Find out more about the Clipper Chip: gizmodo.com/life-and-death-of-clipper-chip-encryption-backdoors-att-1850177832 - Or take a look at this NY Times article from 1994 (paywalled): nytimes.com/1994/06/12/magazine/battle-of-the-clipper-chip.html - Matt Blaze's flaw in the Clipper Chip: wired.com/1994/09/clipping-clipper-matt-blaze/ - NSA Data Center: wired.com/2012/03/ff-nsadatacenter/ - NSA holding data: nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/nsa-foils-much-internet-encryption.html - An old website that helped you sign up to be an Arms Trafficker: http://online.offshore.com.ai/arms-trafficker/ - Here's some of the RSA illegal tattoos:
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