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"the agency used its influence as the world’s most experienced code maker to covertly introduce weaknesses into the encryption standards." This is the part tha
by ternaryoperator 13y ago
"the agency used its influence as the world’s most experienced code maker to covertly introduce weaknesses into the encryption standards."
This is the part that truly disgusts me.
- abat 13y agoI think people were speculating this on HN with this article: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/11/securitymatters_1115 http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securityma...
- kamjam 13y agoWhy are you surprised, or even disgusted? They've moved on from governments (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23762970 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23762970) to using technology to do it. I use the term "moved on" loosely, because it is still happening no doubt. The US has long used it might and influence around the world, esp Latin America, to do very questionable things and really no one has batted an eye lid apart from the little guys getting screwed over. Terrorism is the just the new guise they are using to justify their actions.