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Encryption makes the world less scary, not more. (Or, Why not to weaken encryption.)

5 Aug , 2017 , 14:18 Linus Nyman

Every now and then some politician, leader, or other Person-Who-Hasn’t-Quite-Bothered-Looking-Into-It argues that we would all be safer if we would just weaken encryption. A common argument is that this is necessary so that police can intercept encrypted messages sent between Bad Guys. As […]

Bitcoin,Encryption,What is

What is Bitcoin?

9 Jul , 2017 , 15:39 Linus Nyman

You’ll see the term “Bitcoin” popping up in the news every now and then. But what’s it all about, anyway? Bitcoin is something called a “cryptocurrency”. OK, well what’s that then?, you might be wondering. For those of you looking […]

Encryption,What is

What is encryption?

2 Jul , 2017 , 13:26 Linus Nyman

Encrypting a message means making the message impossible (or at least considerably more difficult) for anyone but the intended recipient to understand. Encryption has a long and fascinating history. Caesar is known to have used encryption – over 2000 years […]

HTTPS Everywhere

Encryption,Security,Useful add-ons

Useful browser add-ons, part 2: HTTPS Everywhere

4 Mar , 2017 , 12:04 Linus Nyman

Communication requires a common language, in our case English. For your browser to be able to show you this blog, your browser and the computer this blog is stored on also need a common language. That language is called HTTP […]

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