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“Telephone handsets are particularly in need of built-in security. We have almost every aspect of our personal and work lives reflected on them and we lose them all the time. We leave them in taxis. We leave them on airplanes. The consequences of one of these devices falling into the wrong hands are very, very serious.”

Quote by Matt Blaze

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Matt Blaze is a renowned cryptographer whose research spans the fields of cryptography theory, secure protocols, and cryptanalysis. His contributions to the field of cryptography, particularly in the design of secure encryption systems, have had a profound impact on the development of modern cryptography. more

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