[Cryptography] Current Crypto War

[Henry Baker]

FYI -- Beware of little (6'8") boys who cry "Lone Wolf":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Comey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf

Required reading before tomorrow:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/08/technology/code-specialists-oppose-us-and-british-government-access-to-encrypted-communication.html

http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/97690/MIT-CSAIL-TR-2015-026.pdf

Keys Under Doormats: Mandating insecurity by requiring government access to all data and communications

Harold Abelson, Ross Anderson, Steven M. Bellovin,
Josh Benaloh, Whitfield Diffie, John Gilmore,
Matthew Green, Peter G. Neumann, Susan Landau,
Ronald L. Rivest, Jeffrey I. Schiller, Bruce Schneier,
Michael Specter, and Daniel J. Weitzner