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So much for privacy on the Whole Wide World (Ed on TED)
Gh0st93:
--- Quote from: Burkingam on January 02, 2014, 03:56:31 AM ---I love urban life and my only formal fields of expertise are computer tech support and computer programming, so I guess unless I want to remake my life from scratch I'm screwed.
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The new survivor man Les Burkingam?
Lord of Fire:
In latest news, the NSA is building a quantum computer, which they will use to crack encryption.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25588605
bloody000:
funnily enough, NSA developed many of the encryption algorithms we use today.
megido-rev.M:
--- Quote from: bloody000 on January 04, 2014, 01:20:16 AM ---funnily enough, NSA developed many of the encryption algorithms we use today.
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Yeah, and their favourite technique is called the backdoor.
--- Quote from: Lord of Fire on January 03, 2014, 11:30:15 AM ---In latest news, the NSA is building a quantum computer, which they will use to crack encryption.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25588605
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I really doubt they'll make breakthroughs on that field.
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BTW to be clear NSA has nothing on cracking actual algorithms more than any other attacker.
It's essentially all the bullshit they do to get backdoors placed into the hardware.
Take satellites for instance: French-UAE Intel Satellite Deal in Doubt
megido-rev.M:
N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers
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