Article 1MEDR UK Royal Society's #1 cybersecurity recommendation: don't backdoor crypto

UK Royal Society's #1 cybersecurity recommendation: don't backdoor crypto

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Cory Doctorow
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The Royal Society, once presided over by Isaac Newton, is one of Britain's most respected learned institutions: that's why it matters so much that the organisation's new report, "Progress and research in cybersecurity," begins by demanding that government "must commit topreserving the robustness of encryption,including end-to-end encryption, andpromoting its widespread use. Encryptionis a foundational security technology thatis needed to build user trust, improvesecurity standards and fully realise thebenefits of digital systems." (more")

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