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Cracked credibility.

The article looks at internet encryption as of September 2013. Topics include the efforts of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) to sabotage internet encryption codes, the use of "backdoors" that allow interested parties to infiltrate...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 408; no. 8853; pp. 65 - 68
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 9/14/2013
Subjects:
United States. National Security Agency
Great Britain. Government Communications Headquarters
Internet privacy
Data encryption
Encryption protocols
High technology industries
Cryptography
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article looks at internet encryption as of September 2013. Topics include the efforts of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) to sabotage internet encryption codes, the use of "backdoors" that allow interested parties to infiltrate a user's encrypted online interactions, and the danger posed to technology firms such as Google.