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Crypto Guru David Chaum's Private Communications Network Comes With a Backdoor (softpedia.com)
An anonymous reader writes: David Chaum, father of many encryption protocols, has revealed a new anonymity network concept called PrivaTegrity. Chaum, on who's work the Onion protocol was based, created a new encryption protocol that works as fast as I2P and the Onion-Tor combo, but also has better encryption. The only downside, according to an interview, is that he built a backdoor into the darn thing, just to please governments. He says that he's not going to use the backdoor unless to unmask crime on the Dark Web. Here's the research paper (if you can understand anything of it).
1. Is anyone going to trust something with a backdoor?
Everyone who doesn't know about it or have no clue what a backdoor is, or what it implies. That includes an awful lot of BAs with purchasing decisions.
2. who's ?
It's based on the Baba O'Riley protocol.