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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:08 am Post subject: How is NSA breaking so much crypto? |
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There have been rumors for years that the NSA can decrypt a significant fraction of encrypted Internet traffic. In 2012, James Bamford published an article quoting anonymous former NSA officials stating that the agency had achieved a 'computing breakthrough' that gave them 'the ability to crack current public encryption.' Th...read more |
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