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Re:Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hack... by squeaky-clean on Friday May 12, 2017 @04:27PM (#14327605)
> if encryption had a backdoor

This is the flaw in the logic. "Encryption" can't have a backdoor any more than math can have a back door.

Specific types of encryption can. But there's nothing to stop a malicious user from using a non-backdoored encryption algorithm or inventing their own.

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Re:Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hack... by kmonsen on Friday May 12, 2017 @05:50PM (#14328222)
Yeah, I don't think ransomware is going to use the US approved algorithm. What they are doing is already illegal.
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