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The NYT piece today had different redactions than the Guardian, showing the NSA may have done this with commercial VPN ASICs. The Times includes "Complete enab

by semenko 13y ago

The NYT piece today had different redactions than the Guardian, showing the NSA may have done this with commercial VPN ASICs. The Times includes "Complete enabling for [XXXXXXX] encryption chips used in Virtual Private Network and Web encryption devices." http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/05/us/documents-reveal-nsa-campaign-against-encryption.html?ref=us#briefing http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/05/us/documents-r... (compare to http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/sep/05/sigint-nsa-collaborates-technology-companies http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/sep/05/sig... )

aspensmonster 13y ago
Also keep an eye on http://cryptome.org http://cryptome.org. It looks like they're keeping track of redactions as well.
jevinskie 13y ago
How did the difference come about? Did the Times and Guardian redact the documents themselves?
- mikegagnon 13y ago
  Yes. According to Reuters: "The New York Times and ProPublica said they were asked not to publish their findings by intelligence officials who argued that their foreign targets might switch to newer forms of encryption or communications if the NSA tactics were revealed. 'Some specific facts' were removed, the New York Times said. The articles do not say which mainstream encryption systems have been effectively broken." http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/05/net-us-usa-security-snowden-encryption-idUSBRE98413720130905 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/05/net-us-usa-securit...
colmmacc 13y ago
There is some precedent for the NSA backdoors in commercial VPNs ... http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/nsa_backdoors_i.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/nsa_backdoors_... Backdoors were found in the devices/software sold to many governments, used by embassies and consulates all over the world.

by semenko 13y ago

aspensmonster 13y ago

Also keep an eye on http://cryptome.org http://cryptome.org. It looks like they're keeping track of redactions as well.

jevinskie 13y ago

How did the difference come about? Did the Times and Guardian redact the documents themselves?

mikegagnon 13y ago
Yes. According to Reuters: "The New York Times and ProPublica said they were asked not to publish their findings by intelligence officials who argued that their foreign targets might switch to newer forms of encryption or communications if the NSA tactics were revealed. 'Some specific facts' were removed, the New York Times said. The articles do not say which mainstream encryption systems have been effectively broken." http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/05/net-us-usa-security-snowden-encryption-idUSBRE98413720130905 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/05/net-us-usa-securit...

colmmacc 13y ago

There is some precedent for the NSA backdoors in commercial VPNs ... http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/nsa_backdoors_i.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/nsa_backdoors_... Backdoors were found in the devices/software sold to many governments, used by embassies and consulates all over the world.