[timmy t]

Math Advances Raise the Prospect of an Internet Security Crisis | MIT Technology Review

'....Implementations of ECC were pioneered and patented by a company called Certicom that is now a subsidiary of the phone manufacturer BlackBerry. Although the U.S. government has purchased licenses that allow the use of ECC by itself and its contractors, other companies that want to use ECC will need to make expensive deals with Certicom to avoid lawsuits. In 2007 Certicom sued Sony for using ECC in software for BlueRay DVDs without licensing its patents. Sony initially attempted to have some patents invalidated in court, before settling out of court in 2009.

Stamos called on BlackBerry to change its policy regarding the Certicom patents, suggesting it could allow open use of them for SuiteB-based systems using ECC, but still make significant revenue from other use cases. �There�s not a company in the world that has the opportunity that BlackBerry has right now,� he said, adding that if RSA and Diffie-Hellman were broken, the U.S. government would likely overturn Certicom�s patents in the national interest. �If the cryptopocalypse happens, those patents are not going to last.�.....'

[nademon]

Wow. Let's pray someone at BlackBerry is awake and capitalizes on this opportunity.

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[BCITMike]

Repost. Old news like a week ago.

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

Problem with many Patents is they can be worth a lot, only if you are willing to fight for them... over and over and over. In many cases it's the lawyer that will make millions, not BlackBerry.

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[gjohnsto]

Will be ruled invalid pretty quickly if RSA gets cracked

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[STV0726]

Stamos?

John Stamos?

I kid.

~STV on Z10STL100-3/10.1.0.2025 TMO US

[BergerKing]

Yes, it is from last week.