How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades

Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by ameister14 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @11:14AM (#22299577)

I mean, Paul LeRoux is associated with it and he's been mythologized already himself

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by rofo1 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @12:46PM (#22300554)

To be clear, "associated" means absolutely nothing at all here. Zero proof or anything close.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by eitland on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:37PM (#22301854)

He's not linked beyond reasonable doubt to TrueCrypt, but IIRC

- there is clear evidence linking him to some earlier cryptographic software

-and someone (the journalist who wrote the story?) tried to say that it was a precursor to TrueCrypt.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by jonny_eh on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @12:46PM (#22300552)

Have people settled on whether he's also Satoshi or not?

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by alwayseasy on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:11PM (#22300872)

It's unlikely to be him given his style of immediate profit-seeking and immense risk taking in the years that surround the creation of Bitcoin.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by lawnchair_larry on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @05:15PM (#22303538)

It’s quite obvious that he is not.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by jonny_eh on Thursday February 13, 2020 @06:59PM (#22322618)

Why? Didn't Satoshi go quiet when Paul was arrested?

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