New Data Encryption Method Throws Away the Keys
Source: E-commerce Times
The key generation idea is likely to see opposition from law enforcement and government, especially during the current war on terrorism. Last week, a U.S. District Court told the Justice Department that it could keep its keystroke-logging technology under wraps, even as the Feds used information gathered by the snoopware as evidence in the trial of alleged Mafia defendant Nicodemo Scarfo, Jr.
While the government uncovered Scarfo's password for an encryption program called PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a new form of encryption key generation being developed by a Harvard University professor may be upping the stakes for government cybersleuths. Now the edge may belong to users in a new encryption key scheme.
