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 dontbenebby on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @06:18PM (#22304038)

>Gives you a sense of why the U.S. intelligence community is so nervous about having Huawei at the core of the domestic 5G network

Makes me wonder what we've done using the fact US companies (ex: Cisco) control large swathes of the internet's infrastructure.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by sumedh on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @06:41PM (#22304192)

> US companies (ex: Cisco) control large swathes of the internet's infrastructure.

Wouldn't China/Russia make some noise if they had proof the Cisco was hiding something in their infra?

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by dontbenebby on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @08:23PM (#22304828)

I thought the whole point of such things is it's near impossible to prove?

Also complaining means you reveal what you know, which helps narrow what you don't know.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by modo_mario on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @04:01AM (#22307154)

I think they're pretty good at keeping it hidden and remote. It was proven the US did economic espionage on a German firm but the snowden files showed a range of other European companies also targeted. No doubt they also focus on "less friendly" targets industry, infrastructure and politics.

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