Any back door could probably be exploited by others. Why do you think they stopped urging for this? (Teacher notes: This would weaken the public’s trust in the Internet as an e-commerce vehicle. Additionally, during the 1990s, the US Government was pressuring the computer industry to be allowed to have a “back door” to decryption. The opening pages of Blown to Bits, Chapter 5, discuss a move the government made to try to control encryption in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but then dropped.Read Blown to Bits (Chapter 5, Secret Bits, pages 161-165, then answer the following questions:.
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