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Re:How Advanced Is the NSA's Cryptanalysis, and Can We Resis... by fivethree on Thursday September 05, 2013 @10:40PM (#6338397)
Because the "lawless organization" is backed by the richest country in the history of the concept of money.
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Re:How Advanced Is the NSA's Cryptanalysis, and Can We Resis... by marshray on Thursday September 05, 2013 @11:11PM (#6338470)
The money isn't the issue. The issue is that once you disclose the algorithm, your continued existence can then only represent future nation-state levels of liability.
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Re:How Advanced Is the NSA's Cryptanalysis, and Can We Resis... by Spooky23 on Friday September 06, 2013 @12:08AM (#6338612)
The NSA isn't some faceless villain. They are an organization that has been consistently 10-20 years ahead of the world in many math disciplines.
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Re:How Advanced Is the NSA's Cryptanalysis, and Can We Resis... by marshray on Friday September 06, 2013 @02:43PM (#6341973)
The NSA is but one of several massive spy operations under the Pentagon. It's not even the best funded. Several of them are ones most people have never even heard of. I'd say that qualifies as 'faceless'.
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