Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214057 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] Internet Policy Review [ISSN:] 2197-6775 [Volume:] 7 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society [Place:] Berlin [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 1-16
Publisher: 
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper interrogates discourses associated with encryption in contemporary policy debates. It traces through three distinct cryptographic imaginaries – the occult, the state, and democratic values – and how each conceptualises what encryption is, what it does, and what it should do. Situating each imaginary in time through historical research, I consider how they foreground distinct configurations of power and authority. It concludes by describing the development of a new cryptographic imaginary, one which sees encryption as a necessary precondition for the formation of networked publics.
Subjects: 
Encryption
Privacy
Security
History
Information control
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Document Type: 
Article

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