http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2 ... users-data
Will that stop the physical cable hacks though?
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| Author: | pcernie [ Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 'Encryption the default for all traffic through Yahoo' |
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2 ... users-data Will that stop the physical cable hacks though?
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| Author: | timark_uk [ Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 'Encryption the default for all traffic through Yahoo' |
If it's encrypted from source then hacking the cable will only provide you encrypted data. You'd need the decryption key from the other end, no? Or am I just talking crap, again? (8+D Mark |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:41 pm ] | |||||||||
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I'm clueless, so I'm asking  I'd expect the various agencies to already have a way around such encryption, really. |
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| Author: | big_D [ Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 'Encryption the default for all traffic through Yahoo' |
Mark is correct, they would need the private keys of both ends of the conversation (data transfer) in order to be able to decrypt it. |
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