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SUMMARY:Reflections on Ethics and Cryptography - Martin Hellman (via live 
 videolink)
DTSTART:20190129T160000Z
DTEND:20190129T173000Z
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CONTACT:Maurice Chiodo
DESCRIPTION:As computers and computing\, and their underlying algorithms\,
  become more pervasive in our lives\, ethical decision making is becoming 
 ever more important in mathematics. This talk hopes to help mathematicians
 \, as developers of these algorithms\, rise to that challenge. It does so 
 first by demonstrating how easily we fool ourselves\, using a personal exa
 mple where I did that when confronted with the inadequate 56-bit key size 
 of the Data Encryption Standard (DES). It then uses another personal examp
 le\, Stanford's patent fight with RSA Data Security\, to show how difficul
 t it was for me to make ethical decisions even after I had committed never
  to fool myself again. The resolution of my dilemma demonstrates the value
  of getting input from outside parties\, of lowering the bar for what cons
 titutes unethical behavior\, and of working to make society more ethical a
 s a whole.\n\n[This talk will be conducted via live videolink\, followed b
 y a Q+A session.]
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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