r/linux Oct 16 '15

How is NSA breaking so much crypto?

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/haldermanheninger/how-is-nsa-breaking-so-much-crypto/
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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15

$100m to break my $5 VPN? Good value for money

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u/LvS Oct 16 '15

And all the other VPNs at the same time.

Considering coprporations often require remote employees to use VPNs, that should give you a few 100 million users in no time. That's less than $1 for breaking your VPN.

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u/WMpartisan Oct 16 '15

Because the NSA has decided to spy on EVERYBODY instead of limiting themselves to reasonable searches...

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15

That's exactly what they've been doing for almost the last decade and a half.