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ANCRE CRYPTOGRAPHIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2018-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Encryption and Decryption
CONT

[The company] has created [microcomputers] called cryptographic anchors (abbreviated: crypto-anchors) and says they could be used to authenticate anything from pharmaceuticals to luxury goods, such as diamonds, from [their] point of origin to [the] merchant.

Key term(s)
  • cryptoanchor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
CONT

[L’entreprise] estime que, dans les cinq prochaines années, vont se développer ce [qu’elle] appelle des «ancres cryptographiques», des sortes de gardiens minuscules intégrés dans nos objets du quotidien. Ces mouchards seront liés à une [chaîne de blocs et permettront] de garantir la provenance et l’authenticité [...] de certains produits [ainsi] que de certains aliments ou médicaments.

Spanish

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