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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by einpoklum on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:51PM (#22302066)
> How on Earth would he know?

I'm sure he said "to my knowledge" or something to that effect. That is, at least for at least relatively far into the circles of confidence, people did not know about encryption being broken algorithmicly or PGP broken in practice.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by dsl on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:15PM (#22304435)
Which might also be a false-flag to encourage the use of PGP.

Russia has world class cryptographers too, and may have beaten the NSA to the punch. Snowden is after all currently living under FSB protection, which I doubt came for free. Someone willing to sell out their country would likely sell out its people too.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by einpoklum on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:43PM (#22312602)
Snowden as a false flag? Well, it's theoretically possible, but quite unlikely IMHO.
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