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So is the presumption that Google would write a more honest and correct encryption algorithm than the NSA? The irony is at least a little funny. People distru

So is the presumption that Google would write a more honest and correct encryption algorithm than the NSA? The irony is at least a little funny. People distrust the NSA because they use highly invasive technology to identify suspicious behavior. But Google is trusted, and they use highly invasive technology for profit. Honestly, I generally trust both of them. But, technology politics are very confusing.

bjoli 8y ago
Google's track record regarding crypto is high. NSA has done a lot of good, but recently behaved bad (backdoored random number generator) weird (not explaining uncommon design decisions) and counterproductive (representatives either being or acting stupid on various cryptography standard body mailing lists). Google on the other hand has been doing a very nice job
CamouflagedKiwi 8y ago
No, as explained in the RFC (linked in the article) they're trying to get disk encryption on low-end devices that aren't capable of supporting AES. It's not an argument that AES is in any way incorrect. I suppose it could be an elaborate scheme to add a backdoor, although presumably it will see significant review and anyway that hardly seems necessary given that the current alternative on those devices is no encryption at all.