The NSA was tapping glass of inter-DC links of all the major online players without their permission on US soil.
Not only that, the NSA was undermining NIST-approved algorithms by giving dishonest advice, thereby compromising the security of US institutions that used those algorithms:
Poppycock:
* https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2019/09/24/looking-...
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
The NSA was tapping glass of inter-DC links of all the major online players without their permission on US soil.
Not only that, the NSA was undermining NIST-approved algorithms by giving dishonest advice, thereby compromising the security of US institutions that used those algorithms:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG