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They prefer researching backdoors. The FBI implements them. Big difference. NSA researched and designed the clipper chips, then the FBI tried to get everyone to

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They prefer researching backdoors. The FBI implements them. Big difference. NSA researched and designed the clipper chips, then the FBI tried to get everyone to use the phones.

tptacek 16y ago
If by "implementing" you mean "sending an actual person over to plug in the recording device", yes. If by "implementing" you mean "contracting somebody to insert a cryptographic side channel in an operating system", then, very no.
- trotsky 16y ago
  which government agency is traditionally in charge of backdooring security systems?
  - tptacek 16y ago
    FBI if it's like, a keylogger. NSA otherwise.