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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by suizi on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:21PM (#23632616)
Modern security involves generating a key for every session and this could be dicey with a master key.
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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by free_rms on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @05:15PM (#23633965)
Yeah, that's the symmetric key in this scheme, I should have said session key.
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