In April, an appeals court in another jurisdiction found in favour of Peter Junger, a law professor who had posted the code for encryption software on the Internet, in violation of American export controls.
The Guardian newspaper reported that WikiLeaks had no plans to release the encryption code for remaining U.S. cables.
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Under the existing Content Scrambling System, electronics makers install the exact same encryption code into nearly every DVD player.
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Thanks to Digg's rebels, the HD-DVD encryption code has become another victim of the "Streisand effect, " an increasingly common backlash that occurs when someone tries to muzzle information on the Web.
That law may have some bearing on the Digg case as well, as the consortium that owns the HD-DVD encryption code considers how to prevent more users from seeing the digits posted on the site.
To fight back, law enforcement agencies argue that everyone should store the keys to their encryption code with a third party that in turn will allow the government to access information if a crime is suspected.
However, until earlier this year, the government's encryption regulations did not permit encryption source code to be published online.
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Only she possesses a code that can unscramble the encryption, Schemo explained.
There are, after all, secrets to safeguard behind these doors, where virus experts scan virulent code, design cures and create advanced encryption systems.
Browser-based cryptography also means that anyone who breaks the SSL encryption that protects the data sent by the server could tamper with the code just as easily.
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Also, client-side JavaScript encryption has its limitations since it would still be susceptible to a server-side code poisoning attack executed either through a man-in-the-middle attack or the service provider acting maliciously or subject to jurisdictional court order.
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No security code will ever foil a determined hacker with a supercomputer and a lot of time on his hands, but soon encryption should be adequate to placate most people.
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