Crypto-gurus: Which idiots told the FBI that Feds-only backdoors in encryption are possible?
17.02.2018
Four cryptography experts have backed a US Senator´s campaign to force the FBI to explain how exactly a Feds-only backdoor can be added to strong and secure encryption.
The four are: Stanford professor Martin Hellman, of Diffie-Hellman fame and who helped invent the foundations of today´s crypto systems; Columbia professor and USENET co-creator Steve Bellovin; top cryptographer Paul Kocher; and information security guru Bruce Schneier.
All four this week signed a letter (link in article) to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) applauding his "effort to find out with whom the bureau has been consulting and which cryptographic experts believe an exceptional access system can be built securely."