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Article: How to make encryption work for you.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- July 29, 1998
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Whenever I write about encryption _ the scrambling of digital information to keep it from prying eyes _ a few readers invariably challenge me to put my public key where my mouth is. That is, they want me to publish a long sequence of characters that will let them send me information in a way that ensures only they and I can understand it.
They're right to needle me. So I'm going to explain how you _ or Alice or Bob Whistleblower _ can send me encrypted files.
In the process, Alice and Bob will learn how to enhance their future privacy in important ways. And that's what really matters.
Why? Because we are moving more and more of what we do ...