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solnyshok on Sept 5, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: N.S.A. Foils Much Internet Encryption

Knowing what kind of encryption NSA uses internally, can tell all about what is compromised and what's still secure.

jlgaddis on Sept 6, 2013 [–]

Every publicly known cipher is compromised then? The ciphers that the NSA primarily uses (internally) are classified.

solnyshok on Sept 6, 2013 | [–]

wouldn't it be logical for them to use ciphers that they do not know how to compromise yet?

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