The NSA's Cryptographic Capabilities

Current Berkman People and Projects 2013-09-06

Summary:

The latest Snowden document is the US intelligence "black budget." There's a lot of information in the few pages the Washington Post decided to publish, including an introduction by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. In it, he drops a tantalizing hint: "Also, we are investing in groundbreaking cryptanalytic capabilities to defeat adversarial cryptography and exploit internet traffic." Honestly, I'm...

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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/the_nsas_crypto_1.html

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Authors:

schneier

Date tagged:

09/06/2013, 19:40

Date published:

09/06/2013, 07:30