On 9/5/13 12:32 PM, Richard Brooks wrote: > Latest articles: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/nsa-foils-much-internet-encryption.html?emc=edit_na_20130905&_r=0&pagewanted=print > > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security > > > I find most of this (if not all) silly. They seem shocked that the > NSA does cryptanalysis. It would be nice if the newspapers had > people with some knowledge of the domain writing articles. >
There is a massive difference between cryptanalysis and decade-long, well-funded, and top-secret program to subtly weaken international cryptographic protocols and sabotage industry implementations.
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