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Unlikely, as they wouldn’t keep using methods that they’ve broken themselves
by goerz 7y ago
Unlikely, as they wouldn’t keep using methods that they’ve broken themselves
- cgriswald 7y agoI doubt it, too; but using methods you've broken, but know others haven't, is a great way to convince people you haven't broken it either. And if you suspect they have, it's a great channel for misinformation.
- macintux 7y agoYou could also embed content with stronger security inside the wrapper you’ve broken, so even if someone else has figured it out, they can’t decrypt your real messages. Hopefully.
- alfiedotwtf 7y agoNice
- OscarCunningham 7y agoThey could switch algorithms and claim that they were just doing it to be resistant against quantum computers.
- all2 7y agoThat's not the case. With compartmentalization as a core organizational design, the people with the crack won't be saying anything to the operations and infrastructure folks. A key portion of an advantage like this would be who to share 1) derived intel and 2) capability with.