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An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as global industry standards, reflecting deep mistrust among close U.S. allies.
In interviews and emails seen by Reuters, academic and industry experts from countries including Germany, Japan and Israel worried that the U.S. electronic spy agency was pushing the new techniques not because they were good encryption tools, but because it knew how to break them.
The NSA has now agreed to drop all but the most powerful versions of the techniques - those least likely to be vulnerable to hacks - to address the concerns.
Have the chickens come home to roost for the NSA, or should we distrust the report that they backed down?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday September 22 2017, @11:32PM (1 child)
Given the glut of steel persists, that should be a sign that the demand is increasing fast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday September 23 2017, @12:14AM
Nah. I'd say it's mostly just inflation. It took quite some time for a $5 wrench to become a $10-15 wrench. Also, tools are always way more expensive than the amount of steel in them would suggest, given that they're a necessary component to make significant amounts of money for the purchaser.
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