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Re:An encrypted message to Edward Snowden
on Friday June 14, 2013 @08:38PM (#5883344)
Well, if you can do that (program a computer via a blinking keyboard LED in Morse code to avoid Van Eck phreaking,) you're well on your way to discovering the lost Nazi gold in the Philippines.
Re:An encrypted message to Edward Snowden
on Friday June 14, 2013 @08:30PM (#5883325)
> isn't safe because of timing attacks
What about that it isn't safe because of who is running many of the exit nodes?
Re:NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it?
on Friday June 14, 2013 @06:09PM (#5882803)
I don't know why you're saying Elliptic Curve is not widely available, here is an Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman implementation guide from the NSA itself: http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/SuiteB_Implementer_G-113808.pdf
Those patents are quite questionable anyway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_patents
Re:NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it?
on Friday June 14, 2013 @05:58PM (#5882760)
It probably was that you can see newsprint, not read it.
Re:NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it?
on Friday June 14, 2013 @05:41PM (#5882685)
The least of it is to not be the lowest-hanging fruit.
Re:Some Foreign Telcos Reportedly Defied NSA Phone Spying Order
on Friday June 14, 2013 @05:16PM (#5882564)
I'm suddenly reminded of Apple Ireland, the largest owner of Apple's non-US assets, and how Apple, last of the PRISM 9, was made to testify before Congress for tax avoidance.
It's probably just a coincidence.
Re:U.S. National Security Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of...
on Friday June 14, 2013 @07:10AM (#5879252)
> If necessary, a company executive, known as a “committing officer,” is given documents that guarantee immunity from civil actions resulting from the transfer of data.
Letters of marque (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_marque) of our day