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If the flaw in AES is subtle enough, they may be (justifiedly?) convinced that nobody else's capabilities will suffice to discover and/or exploit it - or, at le
by 4bpp 3y ago
If the flaw in AES is subtle enough, they may be (justifiedly?) convinced that nobody else's capabilities will suffice to discover and/or exploit it - or, at least, that they have enough of a grasp of what everyone else is doing that no other actor could discover the flaw without the NSA finding out about this.
- jongjong 3y agoIt seems reasonable that they would set a self-imposed expiry date on exploits then get them patched quietly.
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- c0pium 3y agoEncryption bugs are fundamentally different than other exploits; if I send traffic protected by encryption then it needs to remain encrypted as long as the information needs to be secret. With national security that can be decades.