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Encryption and Backdoors

Encryption and Backdoors

As part of my Introduction to Communication course, I presented on Encryption and why governments should not require companies to install backdoors into their software.

Tom Paulus

April 11, 2016
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  1. SUBTITLE TEXT
    By Nickelodeon [All Rights Reserved], via Encyclopedia SpongeBob

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  2. SUBTITLE TEXT
    TOM PAULUS
    ENCRYPTION & BACKDOORS
    By National Security Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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  3. WHAT IS ENCRYPTION?
    By Unknown or not provided (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
    First 29 Navajo U.S. Marine Corps code-talker recruits being sworn in at Fort Wingate, NM.

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  4. By Berthold Werner (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
    Simple Encryption :: The Caesar Cipher

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  5. By Berthold Werner (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
    Simple Encryption :: The Caesar Cipher
    One tablespoon listening

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  6. By Berthold Werner (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
    Simple Encryption :: The Caesar Cipher
    Bar gnoyrfcbba yvfgravat
    One tablespoon listening

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  7. THE PROBLEM:
    By Victorgrigas (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
    Major Tech Companies are encrypting more and
    more customer data, but government agencies
    are requesting massive amounts of user data.

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  8. By Victorgrigas (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
    “We have no idea what he said because those messages were
    encrypted. And to this day, I can’t tell you what those messages
    said with that terrorist 109 times the morning of that attack. That’s a
    big problem, and we have to grapple with it.”
    FBI Director James Comey speaking about a Terrorist attack in
    Garland, Texas at a Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting

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  9. THE CAUSE:
    By Victorgrigas (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
    An increasing amount of communication takes
    place via Computer-mediated communication,
    much of which is secured by the service.

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  10. THE SOLUTION:
    By VGrigas (WMF) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
    Personally Protect your information and let your
    lawmakers know how you feel!

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  11. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    Hash: SHA512
    This is my signed message to you!
    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
    Version: Keybase OpenPGP v2.0.53
    Comment: https://keybase.io/crypto
    wsFcBAABCgAGBQJXCW1oAAoJEF+LBtSPgDJaCFcP/jaew0OB7sa5vKTea7mXMAzA
    OoHHbzm775acWAOnxl/N9CvmGnNxCSak+xYhJVVxW1jTYqWyj9Ag+W6TOwBYZbvy
    YAHqh9ojudoNffPzSm2rHxb28U9DHNh7OJgiSY5sb9tmETvmFVXJwIhkmwZR1/j7
    3mV2/ITyJP56z+lijo29wkUmvp7J8UTQFuKJKkYNe0mkyHOK26RT+iDl9MsiO89h
    arj5miMADSeNVzqVkH/umXRmXHsyyVpB/xTrht/6kjeIRlxh7DThgnw1LINOOtpv
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    6mkzKFYbaKtM8emXyiG163OZ4wYUCv2wkZP4LGYpIARFJt48RYszIY/2PpLPhHr7
    TlaBwRabE6NJmihKVUfaCgEb6nlGczS3sgRm/2gkpNHlWdqUiz/odalGB1PuZJnr
    uVYIy6t4NYNgZWntBVlJm5YaQTMlSoVa23nr7t7ZM6cCcA9axl5RT+pgMjL9a4A2
    vjRo9azLHV2ZQjMCrrESJjvB4ZPf9xFckUvdasG545QelcuYkBj2ju6794Trmyjm
    PXBvPTbOwuwBsXKa3gaL
    =EPyf
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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  12. By Paulo Barcellos Jr. [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
    THANK YOU!
    Got Questions?

    Feel free to email me: [email protected]

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