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Re: The real problem that https has conspicuously failed to fix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Saylor)
Tue Jun 10 09:43:18 2003
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:26:39 -0400
From: John Saylor <johns@worldwinner.com>
To: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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hi
( 03.06.10 01:52 -0000 ) John R. Levine:
> Crypto lets someone say "Hi! I absolutely definitely have a name
> somewhat like the name of a large familiar organization, and I'd like
> to steal your data!" and lots of users will say "OK, fine, whatever."
i think this is more a problem with people than technology [crypto].
similarly, another aspect of the problem is the widespread unfamiliarity
with digital credentials. again, this part could be 'solved' by teaching
people instead of creating more technology.
nothing is foolproof. we live in a dangerous world.
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