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Encryption Not Nearly As Secure As Believed

8/17/2013

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Some of the assumptions at the heart of cryptographic theory may be wrong, which could have significant ramifications on how secure our encrypted data actually is. Does that mean your data isn't safe? Not necessarily. But it does mean that the formerly "impossible to break" encryption we use may now be just "very difficult to break".

Given that the alternative is no encryption, and given that the government (and others) already have legal access to a fair amount of our cloud-based data, this may not be the most pressing privacy concern out there. But if information theory and encryption is something that interests you, follow the previous link to read the full article from MIT, or jump straight to the scientific paper on the matter. NOTE: Follow the second link may set off your Nerd Alert alarms.
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