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Encryption Limitations and Their Effects on IT Security and Online Commerce

Calendar Oct 02, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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IT security e-commerce government policy software encryption encryption restrictions
Revived efforts to restrict software encryption in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks could have an adverse impact on e-commerce, IT managers and security experts say, but it's unlikely the government will succeed in curtailing encryption.. . . Revived efforts to restrict software encryption in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks could have an adverse impact on e-commerce, IT managers and security experts say, but it's unlikely the government will succeed in curtailing encryption.

Some politicians and government officials have called for a ban on products that don't include back doors for government surveillance, noting that terrorists have access to encryption software and hardware that make their communications incomprehensible to eavesdroppers.

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