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"Breaking AES" is not at all necessary. All it takes is one implementation hole, or some plaintext unknowingly cached by a program. The NSA don't merely employ
by alextgordon 16y ago
"Breaking AES" is not at all necessary. All it takes is one implementation hole, or some plaintext unknowingly cached by a program.
The NSA don't merely employ scores of cryptanalysts to sit around all day to try to break ciphers (though I expect they do this too). Exploiting mistakes is their bread and butter.
- jrockway 16y agoAnd "hey guys, stop using that broken software" is not what they want to tell the people they are spying on. Can anyone name one case where the NSA has ever testified for the prosecution?