The Encryption Cold War: Government VS Internet
Governments all around the world are trying to decimate encryption. These efforts have been revealed in most countries through plans to crack cryptography within smartphones and other devices throughout many regimes. With the Queen’s Speech in May revealing more on the U.K.’s infamous communications data bill, we now know that “Snooper’s Charter” plans....
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