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pcernie

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'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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Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:31 pm

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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

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Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:36 pm

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Re: 'Encryption the default for all traffic through Yahoo'


	timark_uk wrote: 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

I'm clueless, so I'm asking :lol:

I'd expect the various agencies to already have a way around such encryption, really.

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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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