In Part 1 of this three part article series, we examined the problem of trust in cryptography. We discussed the difficulties of verifying a manufacturer’s claims, the problems of snake oil and the consequences of trusting the wrong product. In…
When purchasing a cryptography product, consumers are forced to trust the claims of the manufacturer or salesperson. It’s well beyond the technical ability of most users (and even experienced software developers, system administrators and other I.T. professionals) to verify claims…
We often store sensitive data on devices that can become compromised. For example, it might be a USB disk that we misplaced, or cloud storage that gets compromised. The best way to protect data is via encryption – without the…