The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work
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Phillip Rogaway argues that cryptography inherently shapes power and thus carries moral and political responsibilities; he uses the Snowden disclosures as a prompt to question whether the field has failed to counter mass surveillance. He calls for the cryptographic community to develop more effective technical means to resist large-scale surveillance and to change its culture to prioritize societal impacts alongside theoretical and mathematical challenges.
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