When back doors backfire.
The article examines the use of back doors in encryption software by spy agencies as of January 2016. It states that spy agencies use back doors or the flaws in software or hardware to identify threats to national security, however they can also be used by criminals. The author comments that governm...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 418; no. 8970; p. 10 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
1/2/2016
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