submitted by VikingHalo45
A widely used method of encrypting emails has been found to suffer from a serious vulnerability, researchers say.
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a data encryption method sometimes added to programs that send and receive email.
A widely used method of encrypting emails has been found to suffer from a serious vulnerability, researchers say.
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a data encryption method sometimes added to programs that send and receive email.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44107570
That's a scare-piece. PGP is not compromised if you take the correct steps and upgrade your software.
From 10 years ago.
The encryption is rarely the problem, it's almost always sloppy implementation.
It actually is very old news
FYI encryption is near meaningless in the face of quantum computing. Soon encryption cracking will be effortless for govt entities