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Yeah, but what does that mean, for someone who has a reasonable grasp of crypto, math, software engineering? For example: "Unlocking encryption." We've heard t
by awda 13y ago
Yeah, but what does that mean, for someone who has a reasonable grasp of crypto, math, software engineering?
For example: "Unlocking encryption." We've heard that they haven't actually broken (some?) crypto primitives (caveat: with large enough key sizes). What attack have they actually succeeded in?
The backdooring of proprietary products is interesting, if not surprising. It's good to see it come to light. You may not be able to trust OSS without auditing it, but at least you can audit it.
"Undermine the fabric of the internet" is pretty vague.
It sounds like there isn't actually a lot of detail out there yet -- I look forward to learning more.