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'Military-Grade Encryption' and Other Phrases That Should Make You Reach for Your Notes

Somewhere in nearly every security product’s marketing sits the phrase “military-grade encryption”. Pause on what that phrase actually tells you. The honest answer is: that the vendor employs a marketing department. There is no military grade. The world’s militaries use, for the most part, the same published algorithms as everyone else – AES is approved for US classified information, and AES is also what encrypts your supermarket loyalty app. The algorithm has never been the differentiator. Everything around it is.

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