Who Uses Encryption? Module 7 Section 3
Who Uses Encryption? Banks Industry Professionals National ID cards Criminals .....
Industrial Espionage Knowledge of a company’s cost and price structure Market research Strategic plans Order and customer lists Insider information
National ID Cards Strong encryption can be used to authenticate data Users would have to have a reader with the government’s public key to decrypt Fearful of key “leakage” Accessibility to law enforcement agencies
Criminals Cryptography allows criminals to keep their identities a secret Provides security to law breakers Allows anonymity Don’t use systems that leave trails
Protection from Dossier Society Digital cash made possible by public key encryption Secure financial transactions without a credit card or checking account number
E-Cash No link between payer and recipient Convenience of credit card Anonymity of cash Use on Internet for ordinary shopping Can transfer credentials Can prevent duplicate cash files Back up at home incase card is lost or stolen
E-Cash Not easy to form a consumer profile or dossier Prevent fraud and forgery Protect privacy from mailing lists More control over personal information