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There's one positive outcome of this sad story. We now know for a fact that NSA didn't (yet) break the encryption algorithms, that's why they need to perform th
by rorrr2 13y ago
There's one positive outcome of this sad story. We now know for a fact that NSA didn't (yet) break the encryption algorithms, that's why they need to perform these insane acts.
- e12e 13y agoOr: they did, but don't want to demonstrate that fact unless it absolutely necessary (memento Pearl Harbour...). Still, yeah, I think (hope) you're right. Another indication of this is what we know of what they recommend US Government/Military do wrt. encryption/information security ...
- Ygg2 13y agoOr they are too lazy to wait for the decryption to finish...
- MacsHeadroom 13y agoOr maybe the NSA is a very large organization with many departments so secret that their capabilities and existence are on a need to know basis and not flaunted around unnecessarily just to save some time or effort?
- Ygg2 13y agoRight, or they could be a bunch of incompetent idiots, which is way hilarious.
- a3n 13y agoOr maybe they'd just prefer instant clear text access rather than waiting however long it takes to break an encrypted text.