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18/11/2015

Information encryption (DIEEEa53-2015)

Information encryption has been identified by several states as a tool that easies the action of criminals by allowing the establishment of communication links that cannot be tapped, the attribution of the crimes by means of the networks and obstructing the investigation of crimes as they hinder the access to evidences and information stored on digital media.
Several alternatives have been proposed ranging from the full prohibition of the use of encryption to the implantation of measures that provide the authorities access to the information. The alternatives respond to aims focused on security and defence, although they also pose risks given the possibility that third parties might also be able to illegally access the information by these mechanisms.
So it stands a sound dilemma between security and privacy, referring this last not only to people's personal data, but also the information interchanged by governments, businesses, institutions and even individuals among them.
 

Author: David Ramírez Morán

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