The Rise of the New Crypto War

blottsie writes: For more than 20 years, the U.S. government has been waging a war on encryption, with the security and privacy of all Americans at stake. Despite repeated warnings from security experts, the FBI and other agencies continue to push tech companies to add "backdoors" to their encryption. The government's efforts, which have angered tech companies and researchers, are part of a long-running campaign to pry into every secure system—no matter what the consequences. This article takes readers from the first Crypto War of the early 1990s to the present-day political battle to keep everyone who uses the Internet safe.

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Re:Knowledge is a weapon

[ArcadeMan]

I use ROT26. So far, all my communications have gone unnoticed.

Re:Knowledge is a weapon

[ArcadeMan]

Whoops, I'm sorry. I used ROT26 twice in my previous post.