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NSA is not agitating for backdoors; FBI and other domestic law enforcement is.
by daxorid 10y ago
NSA is not agitating for backdoors; FBI and other domestic law enforcement is.
- quxbar 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG
- rbanffy 10y agoWhy would they when the FBI and domestic law enforcement is doing their job for them? Also, a known backdoor not very useful for them.
- acdha 10y agoThey spent the 90s trying to get that access[1]. The timeline I've heard is that the failure to get the U.S. tech industry on board with easily-accessed systems caused them to focus on the kinds of mass exploit development we're hearing about now. 1. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip or weak export-grade crypto