Bob2002
ULTIMATE Member
Just finished reading Crypto by Steven Levy which chronicles developments in encryption and how society and governments reacted to them. Review by Simon Singh here - link. You don't need to be mathematically inclined to understand it, it's an easy read for just about anyone.
Seems that even today similar issues arise - http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/87655 . :shrug:























