• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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    9 days ago

    No one can bank online without reliable encryption. No one can transact business online without reliable encryption.

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        8 days ago

        Instead you just have to trust that anything you’re doing is actually with who they claim to be. No encryption means no identity or security guarantee.

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        8 days ago

        In which case anyone who wants to can read the message traffic and make changes to it before passing it on to the receiver.

        No, you can’t conduct business this way.

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          8 days ago

          Thats why it would have to be a closed system with controlled transmissions rather than omnidirectional radio transmissions.

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            8 days ago

            You mean, for everyone to have their own infrastructure, many times what we have now, and still some jerk can literally wiretap like in old times?

            Or send messengers?