The Battle for Encryption
A new day is dawning where encryption is growing and the ever watchful eyes of the NSA and GCHQ are fighting harder. The right to privacy is teetering back and forth all across the world. Methods of encryption online and found in hardware are creeping into society in a very profound way. However the ever present battle to crack this protection has been....
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