Encryption and Globalization

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Encryption and Globalization

This article by Peter Swire and Kenesa Ahmad offers a short history of wiretaps for phone and Internet data; highlights key lessons learned from the U.S. crypto wars of the 1990s; proposes reasons why effective encryption becomes even more important when the debate shifts from one country to a globalized setting, and synthesizes the key reasons supporting effective encryption in today’s globalized world.