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This was publicly known over 25 years ago. There was a 60 Minutes piece in it in the early 90’s. Why are they up in arms about it now?
by madengr 7y ago
This was publicly known over 25 years ago. There was a 60 Minutes piece in it in the early 90’s. Why are they up in arms about it now?
- andreasley 7y agoThat's a great question. When swiss newspapers reported on it in 1994, the cold war was still present in the minds of my fellow citizens and the US was seen as an ally and friend, so the general public probably just didn't consider it to be that important if the CIA maybe bugged some conversations. Also, the swiss government "preferred not to know anything" and obstructed investigations, despite some employees of Crypto AG coming forward with information to the federal police. The world (or rather our view of it) is quite different today. Hidden data collection is a popular topic and it's harder to pretend that there are only friends in the west and only enemies in the east. It's also easier to share information worldwide and media coverage was much larger this time.