Russian spies claim they can now collect crypto keys--but don't say how
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/russian-spies-say-they-are-able-to-collect-crypto-keys-but-dont-say-how/
Russia's intelligence agency the FSB, successor to the KGB,
has posted a notice on its website claiming that it now has
the ability to collect crypto keys for Internet services that
use encryption. This meets a two-week deadline given by
Vladimir Putin to the FSB to develop such a capability.
However, no details have been provided of how the FSB is able
to do this. The FSB's announcement follows the passage of
Russia's wide-ranging surveillance law, which calls for
metadata and content to be stored for six months, plus access
to encrypted services, as Ars reported back in June. The new
capability seems to go even further, since the FSB notice (in
Russian) speaks of obtaining the "information necessary for
decoding the electronic messaging received, sent, delivered,
and (or) processed by users of the 'Internet' network."
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I'll bet they're just blowing smoke to claim compliance with Czar
Trump^H^H^H^H^H
Putin's new spying law.
--Lauren--
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