Are you REALLY Encrypted?
Are you REALLY Encrypted?
(OP)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/encryption-many-maj...
http://www.newsweek.com/what-krack-wpa2-wifi-hack-...
Seems to in the realm of engineering failures, sadly, both in the same week. Both are in the category of inherent flaws in the very infrastructure of our on-line security.
While you're at it, if you work for a large company, it's likely that they're eavesdropping on what you might think is encrypted internet traffic: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/10172...
http://www.newsweek.com/what-krack-wpa2-wifi-hack-...
Seems to in the realm of engineering failures, sadly, both in the same week. Both are in the category of inherent flaws in the very infrastructure of our on-line security.
While you're at it, if you work for a large company, it's likely that they're eavesdropping on what you might think is encrypted internet traffic: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/10172...
TTFN (ta ta for now)
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The Help for this program was created in Windows Help format, which depends on a feature that isn't included in this version of Windows.
RE: Are you REALLY Encrypted?
Only close enough to be within range of your wifi, and it's likely that ROI is low for trying this on most of us, but bored script kiddies have the time and patience to try it and potentially steal things of importance from you. Luckily, if your Windows is on auto-update, the last Patch Tuesday included the patch for Windows 10, although the patch description tries to fly under anyone's radar.
Nevertheless, your privacy and security isn't necessarily anywhere near what you might hope for.
TTFN (ta ta for now)
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Dik
RE: Are you REALLY Encrypted?
TTFN (ta ta for now)
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Keith Cress
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Dik
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I'm just envisioning the North Koreans sitting over there thinking "Now, this guy seems interested in cotton gins...is that some secret code for something interesting or what?"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYtvjijATa4
My conclusion is that it isn't actually that big a deal for most situations.
...But still, worth watching for the patches.
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JHG
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Dik
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What was then the Toronto Linux Users Group held a lecture on some encryption software somebody was developing. Apparently, this had to be done in Canada and in the Netherlands. If it had been worked on in the USA, it would have been classified by ITAR as munitions. Perhaps a large, hard cover manual could be used as some sort of bludgeon.
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JHG
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Great article! Thank you; that will save me hours every time I encrypt my mother's birthday e-card.
STF
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PGP had that problem decades back, and had an export restriction about it being treated as munitions by the US... it was at that point available world wide... like closing the proverbial barn door.
Dik
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I think there are some legitimate reasons for web/e-mail traffic to be monitored at work. If you visit *.ru sites on a regular basis, for instance, you don't have to be selling company secrets to be causing trouble. Just be logging to that address you are waving a flag saying "come get me"!
STF
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TTFN (ta ta for now)
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Dik