@Blaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 months agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.com@Blaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-square@hemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•2 months agoKilling encryption is like trying to kill math
minus-squareScrubbleslinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoRight? Try to kill one program and someone else will create their own. It’s honestly not hard. Have a secret, take that and your data, run it through math, numbers come out. Store the numbers and secret separately
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI wish em luck lol. I wrote an e2ee messaging app from first principles as a programming exercise when I was 15.
Killing encryption is like trying to kill math
Right? Try to kill one program and someone else will create their own. It’s honestly not hard. Have a secret, take that and your data, run it through math, numbers come out. Store the numbers and secret separately
I wish em luck lol. I wrote an e2ee messaging app from first principles as a programming exercise when I was 15.