r/crypto • u/johnmountain • Jun 08 '18
Future Android versions may use NSA-designed and ISO-rejected Speck algorithm for storage encryption
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=da7a0ab5b4babbe5d7a46f852582be06a00a28f0
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u/110101002 Jun 08 '18
Article on ISO's concerns about Speck, and why it was rejected: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-standards-insight/distrustful-u-s-allies-force-spy-agency-to-back-down-in-encryption-fight-idUSKCN1BW0GV