Encryption

Updated: 2018-04-24 (8:27 am CDST)

Introduction

Encryption is a feature of modern life. Here are some resources related to encryption. The recent blowup over the iPhone and the San Bernandino shooters brought encryption into the news again. Who should provide encryption? Should governments be able to demand "back doors" to electronic devices? These are questions yet to be answered. Orwell's book, 1984, looms large today.

Basics

• Keys
  • Public and Private Keys (assymmetrical encryption)
  • Understanding Public Key and Private Key Concepts
  • Prime Factorization
  • Primes, Public, and Private Keys (video)
• Encryption and Cryptography
  • How encryption works
    • http://www.howstuffworks.com/encryption.htm
  • Encryting your e-mail
    • https://www.lifewire.com/you-should-encrypt-your-email-2486679
    • FYI: your SAU e-mail is NOT encrypted
  • Is encryption doomed?
    • Article speculates about whether the NP problem will be solved soon. NP stands for "nondeterministic polynomial" and NP problems are difficult (or impossible) to solve. Code breaking is an NP problem.
    • http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/13767/
  • Cryptography FAQ
    • Explains basic issues in cryptography including keys, algorithm, random numbers, ciphers, and hardware vs. software encryption.
    • http://www.cryptography-tutorial.com/cryptofaq.htm
  • Wikipedia on History of Cryptography
    • Good Wikipedia page covers cryptography's history.
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cryptography
  • Encryption Algorithms
    • Page summarizes common encryption algorithms.
    • http://www.mycrypto.net/encryption/crypto_algorithms.html
  • Guide to Encryption: Resources, Password, Providers, More
    • Page gives advice about good security practices
    • https://www.comparitech.com
• Privacy
  • Privacy Issues
    • Summarizes privacy issues facing people today including: biometrics, video surveillance, online privacy, wireless tracking, identity theft, medical records, wiretapping, RFID, and many more.
    • http://www.privacyrights.org/blog/privacy-today-review-current-issues
  • Electronic Freedom Foundation
    • Home page of the Electronic Freedom Foundation, a group interested in protecting individual rights related to electronic technology.
    • http://www.eff.org/
    • EFF Border Search Pocket Guide
    • http://www.eff.org/document/eff-border-search-pocket-guide
  • Cell phone GPS: Privacy issues
    • Short article discusses the implications of E911 calls.
    • http://ezinearticles.com/?Cell-Phone-GPS-Tracking---Privacy-Issues&id=159255
  • Cell Phones and Police
    • http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/09/30/when-it-comes-to-cell-phone-privacy-youre-an-open-book/
    • http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57418662-281/wireless-providers-side-with-cops-over-users-on-location-privacy/
    • http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/big-brother-in-your-pocket-how-police-use-your-cell-phone-to-track-you/255444/
  • Automotive Black Boxes (Event Data Recorders)
    • http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/event-data-recorders/topicoverview
    • http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2014/12/26/keep-your-car-black-box-private/20609035/
  • CISA
    • Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersecurity-Information-Sharing-Act
  • Apple and the FBI
    • Apple's Response to Customers
• Ransomware
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware
• SAU Cybersecurity Programs
• https://web.saumag.edu/cybersecurity/
• Wikipedia on Big Brother
  • Wikipedia review of the Big Brother character in Orwell's novel 1984.
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(1984)
  • Full Video of 1984