An encryption system that uses the unique pattern of your heartbeat as a secret key could potentially be used to make a hard drive that will only decrypt in response to your touch .
一种使用您心脏的特殊律动模式作为密钥的加密系统或许将用于制作硬盘,使其仅对您的触摸作出回应并解密。
This announcement means that dropbox never had any mechanism to prevent employees from accessing your files , and it means that dropbox never had the crypto smarts to ensure the privacy of your files and never had the smarts to only decrypt the files for you .
The cryptome.org website , which like wikileaks also publishes leaked documents , has links to a forum thread discussing the mysterious file and sharing information on attempts to decrypt its contents .
By contrast , an asymmetric ( or public key ) approach requires two separate keys-one made public and the other kept secret-to encrypt the plain-text of an account , and then to decrypt the cypher-text for authentication .