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Re:Hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can ... by tablespoon on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @11:17AM (#29095881)
> It's wise to impute shady motives to US government encryption efforts in light of probable DES skulduggery...

Huh? Didn't DES use NSA-provided unexplained magic numbers that many people were highly skeptical of, but actually made it more secure against an attack that was not publicly known?

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Re:Hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can ... by er4hn on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @11:39AM (#29096183)
The NSA does a lot of things, many of them in opposition to other internal departments. The problem is that you don't know the agenda of each team there, sometimes for decades.
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Re:Hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can ... by rightbyte on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @12:16PM (#29096712)
Ye it is kinda confusing having a spy agency also be the domestic data protection agency.
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Re:Hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can ... by notreallyserio on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @12:34PM (#29096960)
I bet they have pretty epic red/blue action, though.
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Re:Hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can ... by goalieca on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @12:17PM (#29096717)
DES also has parity bits believe to make it brute forceable. 56-bits of strength instead of the full 64
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