Without end-to-end encryption, cybersecurity expert Matt Mitchell says our messages are anything but secure. When we use a product like WhatsApp, this lock-in key exists inside the device itself. A backdoor is a secret way to get in to the message. And C is for cipher. The more we use good digital hygiene, the more we protect all of us.
The Indus Valley civilization was one of the largest, most advanced civilizations in the ancient world. But we barely know anything about them, in large part because we haven’t been able to decipher the cryptic symbols they left behind.
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