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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">FYI<br>
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color="#666666">It sounds like the stuff of science fiction:
seven keys, held by individuals from all over the world, that
together control security at the core of the web. The reality is
rather closer to The Office than The Matrix<br>
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</font>In a nondescript industrial estate in El Segundo, a boxy
suburb in south-west Los Angeles just a mile or two from LAX
international airport, 20 people wait in a windowless canteen for
a ceremony to begin. Outside, the sun is shining on an unseasonably
warm February day; inside, the only light comes from the glare of
halogen bulbs.
<p>There is a strange mix of accents – predominantly American, but
smatterings of Swedish, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese can be
heard around the room, as men and women (but mostly men) chat over
pepperoni pizza and 75-cent vending machine soda. In the corner,
an Asteroids arcade machine blares out tinny music and flashing
lights.<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/28/seven-people-keys-worldwide-internet-security-web">http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/28/seven-people-keys-worldwide-internet-security-web</a><br>
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Gubi<br>
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