Debate: Internet Governance

• Book ID: 102287239
• Publisher: Swiss Political Science Association
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 278 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1420-3529
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1662-6370.1999.tb00272.x

✦ Synopsis

Given enough time and computing power, most encoded messages can be decrypted by organizations such as the NSA. However, what is the utility for law enforcement or national security agencies to spend a month (or longer) to decrypt one message? And what about the millions of messages exchanged daily by users?