David Cameron’s proposed encryption ban would ‘destroy the internet’
A highly respected cryptographer and security expert is warning that David Cameron’s proposed ban on strong encryption threatens to “destroy the internet.” Last week, the British Prime Minister told Parliament that he wants to “ensure that terrorists do not have a safe space in which to communicate.” Strong encryption refers to the act of […]
Most Internet Traffic Will Soon be Encrypted
A tectonic shift for the Internet’s crypto landscape is coming. The current share of encrypted traffic on the web is largely due to Google GOOG -0.47% , Facebook FB 0.09% , and Twitter TWTR -2.57% , which have all by now adopted HTTPS by default. They mostly account for the red portion in chart […]