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 pjc50 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @11:14AM (#22299592)

Well, yes, but for third parties like the UK it makes it much more explicit that the choice is between the system that might be compromised by Huawei and the system that might be compromised by the US. Except the UK has its own little joint venture of security inspection of Huawei systems ...

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by tsimionescu on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @04:35PM (#22303144)

Also, the UK is one of the Five Eyes nations, explicitly sharing intelligence data with the US and vice-versa. I'm sure they're not 100%open, but if there is any nation on Earth that would not overly fear US spying and prefer it to Chinese spying, it would be the UK.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by vinay427 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:46AM (#22308739)

The alternatives that the US supports are European (Ericsson and Nokia, IIRC) so I see little benefit for at least EU countries regardless of their ties to the US to choose Huawei in this case.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by OBFUSCATED on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @12:51PM (#22300613)

please expand..

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by pjc50 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:50PM (#22301342)

It's not a secret: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/huawei-cyber-secu...

(On the other hand, it's not a very positive report! Lots of basic issues with build reproducibility and updates)

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by OBFUSCATED on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @03:18PM (#22302353)

Guess again, actually this is the first time I had reason to register despite reading for a long time.

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