Vigenere cipher encryption | Ciphers | Khan Academy - 0 views
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Allison Molo on 24 Sep 14Good link from Khan Academy that has good practice questions/explanation of the Vigenere cipher.
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Modern Cryptography: Theory and Practice - 0 views
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E-text for a book detailing the fundamentals behind modern cryptography and how they are applied in practice. Lots of detailed information about various underlying theorems and mathematical properties and how they work, as well as various encryption techniques and cryptographic processes.
Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People | W... - 1 views
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"With end-to-end encryption in place, not even WhatsApp's employees can read the data that's sent across its network. In other words, WhatsApp has no way of complying with a court order demanding access to the content of any message, phone call, photo, or video traveling through its service. Like Apple, WhatsApp is, in practice, stonewalling the federal government, but it's doing so on a larger front-one that spans roughly a billion devices."
International Association for Cryptologic Research - 2 views
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The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields. Cryptology is the science and practice of designing computation and communication systems which are secure in the presence of adversaries.
Unifying the Global Response to Cybercrime | APWG - 0 views
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The APWG is the global industry, law enforcement, and government coalition focused on unifying the global response to electronic crime through development of data resources, data standards and model response protocols and systems for private and public sectors.
Online Shopping | StaySafeOnline.org - 0 views
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Keep a paper trail: Print and save records of your online transactions, including the product description, price, online receipt, terms of the sale, and copies of any email exchange with the seller. Read your credit card statements as soon as you get them to make sure there aren't any unauthorized charges.
How to Access the BBC iPlayer (and TV Like Doctor Who) from Outside the U.K. - 0 views
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Non-U.S. users frequently encounter the annoyance of geo-blocked content when trying to access popular sites like Hulu, but every now and then we feel the burn in the States, too. Reader hengehog details how to access BBC's iPlayer from outside the U.K.
Tor on Campus | Tor Challenge - 2 views
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This might be something we look into for our class project on practical cryptography later in the semester.
Cookies - 0 views
How the Deep Web Works - HowStuffWorks - 0 views
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What a tangled web we weave, indeed. About 40 percent of the world's population uses the Web for news, entertainment, communication and myriad other purposes [source: Internet World Stats]. Yet even as more and more people log on, they are actually finding less of the data that's stored online.
11 Tips for Safe Online Shopping - 0 views
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6. Use Strong Passwords We like to beat this dead horse about making sure to utilize uncrackable passwords, but it's never more important than when banking and shopping online. Our tips for creating a unique password can come in handy during a time of year when shopping around probably means creating new accounts on all sorts of e-commerce sites.
Timothy Boostrom is Not Real - Medium - 0 views
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Here's a case study for someone's practical crypto paper...
How Secure Is My Password? - 1 views
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This site could be stealing your password... it's not, but it easily could be. Be careful where you type your password.
Everyday Encryption - 1 views
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Gives information on several uses of crypto in life; provides some information on multiple uses
3 Tools To Simplify Your Life -- And Protect You From Hackers - 2 views
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The recent news that someone using your computer can see all of your passwords stored in Chrome with a few clicks made me aware of something that I had known -- but ignored -- for a long time: I have five or six passwords for dozens of accounts. ...
Security Cameras In School: Protective Or Invasive? - 1 views
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More and more schools are installing security cameras in halls, classrooms and buses. Administrators say it helps protect students and staff, but some argue the practice is invasive. Guests discuss the use of surveillance cameras in schools and where to draw the line between safety and privacy.
Gait Recognition - 1 views
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Study discussing the function and practicality of gait recognition software. The results seem to follow what Doctorow states about the function of the software in his novel
Don't Let Schools Chip Your Kids | American Civil Liberties Union - 2 views
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This article discusses the use of RFIDs to track students, and the benefits of this practice, especially with small children.