Dr Steven Murdoch on Proposed Phone Call Encryption

Dr Steven Murdoch posted an article on Bentham's gaze regarding the (in)security of the proposed MIKEY-SAKKE protocol. The protocol is being promoted by the UK government as a means of phone call encryption. However, it is based on mandatory key escrow which means that surveillance is essentially built into the system. News coverage on the article appeared in numerous sources:

• BBC News
• The Register (Second Article)
• Ars Technica
• The Telegraph
• IT News
• Next Impact
• Engadget (Germany)
• Digitoday
• The Wire (Podcast)
• CIO

 

 

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