Encryption

My husband read my journal
There were some pretty unflattering things in there, written before we were married.
The case of the missing code
Are al-Qaida terrorists hiding their secrets in eBay photographs?
Pretty geeky privacy
More and more people want powerful, easy-to-use encryption software, but the commercial world isn't providing it. Can open source deliver?
The encrypted jihad
We can't stop terrorists from using uncrackable codes. So we shouldn't even try.
Don't blame it on Reno
As Congress gears up to point fingers over pre-9/11 intelligence failures, the Clinton attorney general can plead: "I told you so"
Crypto for the people
In Steven Levy's new book, paranoid freedom fighters armed with weapons of encryption face off against Big Brother.
Is John Ashcroft a geek's best friend?
The pro-life, pro-Confederacy, pro-guns attorney general nominee is also pro-privacy.
Twilight of the crypto-geeks
Lone-wolf digital libertarians are beginning to abandon their faith in technology uber alles and espouse suspiciously socialist-sounding ideas.
The tell-tale cipher
Could a mysterious cryptograph be a final message from Edgar Allan Poe?
Criminal code?
A judge's decision to ban a DVD-playing Linux program and all discussion about it outrages the free-software community.
The code ahead
Simon Singh, author of "Fermat's Enigma" and "The Code Book," talks about once and future cryptography.
Letters to the Editor
Camille Paglia rages about religion; uncovering the history of "St. James Infirmary"; what's so unique about masturbatory time travel?
"The Code Book" by Simon Singh
A fascinating and remarkably accessible history of cryptography that ends with a $15,000 contest.
Deep code
Neal Stephenson talks about the history of secrecy, the role of equations in art and the glory of open-source software.
Privacy pleas
Amitai Etzioni's "The Limits of Privacy" sees civil libertarians as a danger and government as the solution to all our problems.
Revenge of the "early adopters"
Angry DVD owners didn't like Circuit City's new video-rental technology -- so they fought back on the Net.
Online ticketing, Part 2
Online ticketing, Part 2: Jenn Shreve compares the features and bugs of the four main online travel services.
I booked it online
Is online travel booking really the way of the future? Jenn Shreve assesses the advantages of online travel services.

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