Encryption

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This document discusses a case in which an editor, Alice, and a reporter, Bob, exchange data encryption keys with a source, Charlie, and utilize this data encryption method as a secure way to exchange information. Alice does not trust the encryption protocol and is demanding Bob produce some sort of physical or tangible evidence it was in fact Charlie who encrypted and sent a digital message. The paper further discusses how this demand undermines the entire purpose of encrypting the data in the first place if one is going to doubt the origin of the data following the implementation of encryption procedures.

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"Alice is an editor for a major newspaper while Bob is a reporter for that same newspaper. Bob's contact, Charlie, is an executive for a major corporation and regularly provides Bob with proprietary information. Alice, Bob and Charlie collectively agreed to exchange information electronically after mediating that data through encryption technology. This process works in several ways to ensure the data and information retains its integrity: 1) because the encryption key is known only to the relevant parties, the data or information is effectively assured of originating from the relevant parties, and 2) because it is encrypted in a sophisticated manner, the data or information is incredibly secure as it would take an even more sophisticated program and programmer to un-encrypt it."

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