In my last column I said I’d talk more about passwords, but unfortunately I have to postpone that discussion in the interest of covering current events.
Posts tagged as “encryption”
Until 2000, restrictions were placed on cryptographic products developed in the US. Throughout the Cold War, encryption technology (techniques, equipment, and software) was classified as “Materials and Miscellaneous Articles” on the United States Munitions List.
Last March, China’s National People’s Congress wrote a draft for an anti-terrorism bill that required companies to implement encryption backdoors. A spokeswoman from the Chinese Foreign Ministry insisted that the bill was “a requirement for the government in combating terrorism.”