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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by tptacek on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @03:33PM (#22302527)
An NSL to that effect would also be unprecedented. There is no evidence that anything like that has ever happened.
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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by abtinf on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:52AM (#22309800)
While not an NSL, we do know USG leans on companies to implement weaker/breakable cryptography. There is at least one public example (attempts to compel Apple), and presumably there are many more successful undocumented attempts.
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