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Re:Obama at SXSW: ‘Absolutist view’ on digital privacy canno... by emXdem on Saturday March 12, 2016 @09:57AM (#11273074)
That's not true. Being able to programatically verify (via public private key) makes things like ssl/key authorities possible. That's a multi-billion dollar industry.
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Re:Obama at SXSW: ‘Absolutist view’ on digital privacy canno... by oh_sigh on Sunday March 13, 2016 @03:27AM (#11276622)
Cryptographic signatures are not the same as encryption.
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