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This reminds me of krebsonsecurity's experience attempting to contact the FSB. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/06/adventures-in-contacting-the-russian-fsb/ ht
by richbell 4y ago
This reminds me of krebsonsecurity's experience attempting to contact the FSB.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/06/adventures-in-contacting-the-russian-fsb/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/06/adventures-in-contacting...
A lot of countries seemingly did not have access to American encryption technologies or did not trust them — arguably for good reasons[0] — which has lead to this hodge-podge of homegrown security.
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-...
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- wmf 4y agoThe problems aren't with cryptography though; they're basic software engineering failures.
- richbell 4y agoThey're problems with cryptography insofar as they are problems that can be traced back to a distrust of Western cryptography and a desire to create domestic security products.
- himinlomax 4y agoYeah I found his problem in the first line of the article > KrebsOnSecurity recently had occasion to contact the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FSB is not equivalent to the FBI, it's the successor to the KGB. If it's equivalent to any other country's org, look to the Gestapo.