Internet privacy and security has become a global concern after the NSA’s whistle blower Edward Snowden exposed how vulnerable the internet is for “preying eyes.”
Following his confessions, cyber security companies all over the world became busy in exploring new ways make internet a secure place.
First substantial break through is made by MIT researchers who working together with the Meteor Development Group on a Mylar project which would encrypt all communicatons between a client computer and a webserver.
Mylar would extend data security to servers, adding a new layer of encryption to complement the encrypted connection between personal computer and server. Mylar would actually encrypt the user’s data on a server, requiring the related decryption password in order to access the data. As a result, the data would be safe from prying eyes and various Prism-like spying operations .
However, there is a problem in the adoption of Mylar Cloud software. If a user forgets his password, he will locked out forever. Another obstacle may be NSA. Recently an email company, which has encrypted the email and refused to gave details to a Govt agency was forcefully shut down.
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