Encryption Made Easier: Just Talk Like a Parent
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 11:30
in Mathematics & Economics
A Georgia Institute of Technology researcher has created an easier email encryption method - one that sounds familiar to parents who try to outsmart their 8-year-old child. The new technique gets rid of the complicated, mathematically generated messages that are typical of encryption software. Instead, the method transforms specific emails into ones that are vague by leaving out key words.