James Muir wrote:
Also, I vaguely recall another news story (1999?) that
reported on an encryption technique that hypothesized a stream of random
bits generated by an orbiting satellite.
Likely Rabin's hyperencryption. I posted about it here a few years back:
| I think the Rip Van Winkle cipher was mentioned in Schneier's Applied
| Cryptography. Also, I vaguely recall another news story (1999?) that
| reported on an encryption technique that hypothesized a stream of random
| bits generated by an orbiting satellite.
Probably Rabin's work on beacons.
Internet webcam signals from webcams could emerge as an
exotic but effective new tool for securing terrestrial
communications against eavesdropping.
Scientists have come up with a method for encrypting
messages using the internet objects, which emit signals
and are thought to be powered by DC
Heyman, Michael wrote:
Internet webcam signals from webcams could emerge as an
exotic but effective new tool for securing terrestrial
communications against eavesdropping.
snip
Kidding aside, there are some interesting theoretical results about
ciphers that utilize a plentiful, publicly