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Technology, Human Rights, and Cybersecurity (Winter 2020)
Section 2 . 5

[Feb. 27] Securing Privacy

Vivek Krishnamurthy

  • What is security? 
  • What is a security trade-off?
  • What is encryption? How does it work?
  • What is the difference between encryption at rest and encryption in transit?
  • What is the "Going Dark" problem? Is it really a problem?
  • Should we weaken encryption to permit governments to access data?

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