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> the database was created at a time when encryption wasn’t used. Apparently I'm relatively new to technology, but when was this time when "encryption wasn't u

> the database was created at a time when encryption wasn’t used. Apparently I'm relatively new to technology, but when was this time when "encryption wasn't used?" It seems so fundamental today that I can't imagine a world without it.

cheepin 12y ago
Back in the days where if you had a disk that implemented it, it was illegal to take with you to another country (the vestiges of such laws are still around today as a relic of that time).
snowwrestler 12y ago
Mass adoption of encryption over the wire dates to the late 1980s for cell phone standards, and late 1990s for Internet communications. Of course, most Internet traffic to this day is still not encrypted, including email, which travels over the wire as plain text! Encryption at rest is harder to nail down; in my experience it has caught on quite a bit slower than over the wire. Until recently, it seems like most orgs believed that local network security meant they didn't have to encrypt data at rest.
jzwinck 12y ago
Here is an entire documentary from that time: http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ - it's over five hours long. We used to use modems to connect directly to our friends (and sometimes, enemies), send and receive mail, play games, and lots more, all in the clear. This period of computer networking history lasted much longer than the one where encryption was used most of the time, so far.
talmand 12y ago
Back in the day when you needed physical access to the computer itself that was behind many locked doors and possibly guards because networking and the internet didn't exist, I could see not needing encryption. These days it's not that we need encryption, apparently we need stronger encryption and proper training for people who handle other people's data.

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> the database was created at a time when encryption wasn’t used. Apparently I'm relatively new to technology, but when was this time when "encryption wasn't u

by austenallred 12y ago

cheepin 12y ago
Back in the days where if you had a disk that implemented it, it was illegal to take with you to another country (the vestiges of such laws are still around today as a relic of that time).
snowwrestler 12y ago
Mass adoption of encryption over the wire dates to the late 1980s for cell phone standards, and late 1990s for Internet communications. Of course, most Internet traffic to this day is still not encrypted, including email, which travels over the wire as plain text! Encryption at rest is harder to nail down; in my experience it has caught on quite a bit slower than over the wire. Until recently, it seems like most orgs believed that local network security meant they didn't have to encrypt data at rest.
jzwinck 12y ago
Here is an entire documentary from that time: http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ - it's over five hours long. We used to use modems to connect directly to our friends (and sometimes, enemies), send and receive mail, play games, and lots more, all in the clear. This period of computer networking history lasted much longer than the one where encryption was used most of the time, so far.
talmand 12y ago
Back in the day when you needed physical access to the computer itself that was behind many locked doors and possibly guards because networking and the internet didn't exist, I could see not needing encryption. These days it's not that we need encryption, apparently we need stronger encryption and proper training for people who handle other people's data.