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Strong encryption is used for offensive measures as well.

• mandelbrotwurst 7y ago
  How do you mean? Isn't encryption essentially building a wall around your data - about as defensive as it gets? Is your argument essentially "invaders can carry shields, therefore shields are a tool of attack"?
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  • ryacko 7y ago
    A good argument could be that the NSA is violating the intent of Congress by weakening encryption standards which are essential to online commerce. Could even be extended to authentication standards which there can be no legal restriction on.
    • debatem1 7y ago
      Wouldn't this be "weak encryption is used for offensive purposes as well"?
      • ryacko 7y ago
        No, this would be [insult to the NSA] at the idea of packet injection by controlling all the major backbones, and endorsing unauthenticated protocols. The DoD’s faith in PKI is so great that many public facing DoD websites are signed by the DoD root CA.
  • chabes 7y ago
    I’m not the person you asked, but I think they’re referring to ransomware
    • trickstra 7y ago
      The "attack" part of any ransomware is how they were able to get to the point where they can execute arbitrary command on my computer. Because once that is achieved, all bets are off.
    • mandelbrotwurst 7y ago
      Thanks, that example makes sense to me, hadn't thought of that!
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  • CompanionCuuube 7y ago
    Is a cloaking device a tool of attack?