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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1024511)7/13/2017 1:56:44 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1573530
 
Brumar,
There are always backdoors
That's a myth. There is no such thing as a "backdoor" into AES encryption or RSA public-key encryption.

If there is, you should let the tech community know. Or you should sell your idea to the highest bidder.

(That's a major reason why encryption standards need to be open-source, because that's the best way to get people to review them and find ways to crack the security. As of now, no one has cracked AES or RSA.)

Re what would stop Nokia or Samsung from building an unhackable phone, what would stop them is their governments. They have the same issues.
Government cannot stop technology. Already the software exists to completely encrypt messages and keep them safe from prying eyes. The only way you can "hack" into these secure channels is by hoping to eavesdrop on the part of the channel that is not secure (e.g. sneaking a camera into the room of the message's recipient and looking at the screen).

This was part of the folly behind the government's old restrictions against encryption keys that were longer than 56 bits. The government in its infinite wisdom thought that they could keep stronger encryption algorithms out of the hands of our enemies, but by 2000 when that restriction was lifted, technology had already gone well beyond the 56-bit limit.

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