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"Michael S. Rogers, the director of the N.S.A., has proposed that technology companies be required to create a digital key that could unlock encrypted communica
by mc808 11y ago
"Michael S. Rogers, the director of the N.S.A., has proposed that technology companies be required to create a digital key that could unlock encrypted communications, but divide and secure the key into pieces so that no one person or government agency could use it alone."
Conveniently, Microsoft has a patent on just that. http://www.google.com/patents/US8891772 http://www.google.com/patents/US8891772
Michael S. Rogers should disclose any financial interest he may have in Microsoft. Or does he have something to hide?
- michaelt 11y agoShamir's Secret Sharing was published in 1979. I would be surprised if Microsoft has a monopoly on it, given that patent was published in 2011.
- jackgavigan 11y agoThere are other ways of achieving this, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing
- higherpurpose 11y agoAs well as one for a Skype backdoor: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2509604/data-privacy/microsoft-seeks-patent-for-spy-tech-for-skype.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2509604/data-privacy/mi... Microsoft has some interesting project choices.