our web browser changes from http to https, the ‘s’ stands for secure. The data you send to the Internet is coded using a system developed in 1977 by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman of MIT, which is why it is called RSA encryption. Any information you send is raised to the power of a very large num

ause of our strong research focus and our neutral position. Ss > The initiative has strong support from faculty across campus including crypto guru Ron Rivest and former Chief Economist of the IMF, Simon Johnson as well as faculty at the Media Lab, Sandy Pentland and Andy Lippman. > > More about initiativ