Clipper Chip USES cryptography
The Clipper Chip was developed as a mechanism for electronically encrypting data.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 12 Details
“a new way to encrypt data electronically using a specialized computer microchip”
Hardware
hardware:clipper_chip
Specialized government-developed encryption microchip with a built-in backdoor key intended to let the government decrypt messages.
Specialized government-developed encryption microchip with a built-in backdoor key intended to let the government decrypt messages.
“The government called this the Clipper Chip.”
“The Clipper Chip had a backdoor key built into it”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | cryptography | Explicit | 12 |
| outgoing | DISCOVERED_BY | Matt Blaze | Explicit | 12 |
| incoming | USES | AT&T | Explicit | 12 |
Clipper Chip USES cryptography
The Clipper Chip was developed as a mechanism for electronically encrypting data.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 12 Details
“a new way to encrypt data electronically using a specialized computer microchip”
AT&T USES Clipper Chip
AT&T added the Clipper Chip to its phone after the government urged it to do so.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 12 Details
“AT&T added the Clipper Chip into the phone”
Clipper Chip DISCOVERED_BY Matt Blaze
Matt Blaze demonstrated that the Clipper Chips were insecure and exposed flaws in their design.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Cindy Cohn EP 12 Details
“Matt Blaze, who’s now a professor at the University of Pennsylvania of Computer Science, a very famous computer science professor demonstrated that these Clipper Chips were really insecure”