Backdoor: How a metaphor turns into a weapon
Author: | Jenner, L. |
Published in: | |
Year: | 2018 |
Type: | Other publications |
DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.1172718 |
Governments want special access to encrypted data while IT specialists and privacy advocates oppose these demands. What is the role of the “backdoor” metaphor within these conflicts, often coined as “Crypto Wars”? Leontine Jenner takes a closer look at the metaphor’s many layers.
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Leontine Jenner
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