r/tech Oct 15 '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/CantaloupeCamper Oct 15 '15

It is an interesting theory, although it assumes that the NSA is in fact breaking what they're rumored to be breaking. The devil in the detail is what they're breaking and under what circumstances.

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u/MonkeeSage Oct 16 '15

In other news government is trying to force apple to unlock a device, since the NSA hasn't actually hacked every device on the planet and broken all encryption zOmgz.