The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Cryptography

    By nothere on Wed, 09/18/2013 - 7:04pm |

    In case anyone is interested, Bruce Schneier is a recognized face for cryptography and related issues. While I am sure there are others, I find Schneier to be accessible and he is covering this latest issue on his blog.

    If interested, one can read a live thread by hackers concerned with such issues here. The first line in the thread:

    "I am so glad I resisted pressure from Intel engineers to let /dev/random rely only on the RDRAND instruction."
     
    Later on in the thread, mention is made of the ability to undetectably alter a chip. So, yeah, such things are possible.
     
    Further info on a non-fiction, near-total surveillance dystopia that existed in our lifetime may be found in the cinema: The Lives of Others.