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Open-source project, Crypton, seeks to make encryption easier |
July 26, 2013
An open-source software project aims to give software developers a simple way to wrap encryption into their applications to thwart online surveillance efforts.The project, called Crypton, comes from SpiderOak, a company known for its Dropbox-like online storage and synchronization service. SpiderOak differentiates itself by encrypting data in a such a way that none of its employees can access it, unlike Dropbox, where a few employees do have limited access to some kinds of data.Crypton started out as an internal tool that SpiderOak needed for some of its other software projects, said CEO Ethan Oberman. The company wanted a way for data to be securely encrypted without the need for users to download a separate program.SpiderOak also wanted to create an easy way for application developers to utilize encryption, which can be notoriously complex and prone to implementation errors.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2045274/opensource-project-crypton-seeks-to-make-encryption-easier.html#tk.rss_all
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