Tagged: cryptography

Quantum cryptography - Physics Stop

Marcus Wilson • Jul 30, 2019 •

• code,
• cryptography,
• privacy

I was reading last week a children’s book about “Secret codes”.  You probably know the kind of thing I’m talking about – substituting one letter for another, or a squiggly shape for a letter, rearranging letters, and so on. Fun things to do, but not the basis of modern cryptography. However, the book didn’t just stop at these codes, but … Read More

A brief history of GnuPG: vital to online security but free and underfunded - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jul 19, 2017 •

• cryptography,
• Edward Snowden,
• GnuPG,
• internet,
• Linux,
• Open PGP,
• Phil Zimmermann,
• software

Ralph Holz, University of Sydney Most people have never heard of the software that makes up the machinery of the internet. Outside developer circles, its authors receive little reward for their efforts, in terms of either money or public recognition. One example is the encryption software GNU Privacy Guard (also known as GnuPG and GPG), and its authors … Read More