David Chaum, known for inventing cryptographic protocols, introduces PrivaTegrity, an encryption scheme for messaging with a “carefully controlled backdoor”
The Father of Online Anonymity Has a Plan to End the Crypto War — It's been more than 30 years since David Chaum launched … Tweets: @csoghoian , @dalytics , @ridt , @da_667 , @hakantee , @a_greenberg , @martijn_grooten , @milouness , @ioerror and @ioerror Tweets: Christopher Soghoian / @csoghoian : Cryptographer proposes new quasi-anonymous communications system, with a “backdoor council” who can revoke anonymity http://www.wired.com/... Doug Hadden / @dalytics : New anonymity product in development to thwart surveillance #privacy http://feeds.wired.com/... Thomas Rid / @ridt : This piece on crypto-legend David Chaum's ideas is inspiring—many reactions so far are disappointing and dishonest http://www.wired.com/... @da_667 : http://www.wired.com/... >uncrackable communication >controlled backdoor stopped reading. Hakan Tanriverdi / @hakantee : Here you go. Chaum is working on a product w/ backdoor, splitting the key nine ways http://www.wired.com/... Andy Greenberg / @a_greenberg : For those who want more info on David Chaum's cMix/PrivaTegrity anonymity system, I've added his paper to our story: http://www.wired.com/... Martijn Grooten / @martijn_grooten : I've never been to Real World Crypto, but I assume it takes a brave person to go there and say: let's add backdoors. Still a bad idea though Carmen A. Medina / @milouness : A new crypto protocol promises both privacy and a backdoor not under government control. http://www.wired.com/... via @WIRED Jacob Appelbaum / @ioerror : I recently presented a joke talk “Straw Man in the Middle” about such backdoor ideas but it does appear that Chaum is serious. Very sad. Jacob Appelbaum / @ioerror : I'm heartbroken to see that Chaum is proposing key escrow for everyone on the planet: http://www.wired.com/... What happened to David Chaum?