The Future of Cryptography

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Marty hellman is a professor at stanford university. 50 years ago, computers were these massive plastic boxes with idibitty little screens. He saw the need for inscription to protect electronic messages and money. But no one outside the military even really knew how it worked. Marty was on a quest to bring digital inscription to the masses.

Today's internet is built on a series of locks and keys that protect your private information as it travels through cyberspace. But could all these locks be broken?

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