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Re:Unraveling NSA's TURBULENCE Programs by justcommenting on Monday November 17, 2014 @01:35PM (#8619658)
> Digital communications are so insecure that the attackers always win. Always. And digital communications play a huge role (next to satellite and radio communications) in modern espionage and sabotage. If you just play a defensive game, you lose. The US feels it needs these capabilities for these reasons - not because of terrorism.

The role of NSA programs like BULLRUN in making digital communications insecure by default complicates the analysis.

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Re:Unraveling NSA's TURBULENCE Programs by xnull2guest on Monday November 17, 2014 @09:17PM (#8622049)
Absolutely. There's a nice boiling soup of both.

I should add here that the NSA has a concept called NOBUS. The concept is that "nobody but us" should be able to exploit the vulnerabilities we add. There isn't a lot of factual data on how successful this concept has been.

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