Propublica: Revealed: The NSA’s Secret Campaign...(propublica.org)
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Propublica: Revealed: The NSA’s Secret Campaign...
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-nsas-secret-campaign-to-crack-undermine-internet-encryption
does anyone know what technologies were censored out of the article?
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This is identical to the article from the NY Times that was already posted:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6336178
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6336178
does anyone know what technologies got censored out of the article?
No, but I think Bruce Schneier, who apparently is now also working with the Snowden documents (though not on this particular document), provides good insight:
https://www.schneier.com/essay-446.html
Both the OP and Schneier refer to Snowden's claim that cryptography is mathematically sound, and so Schneier extrapolates that even if the NSA made a mathematical breakthrough, lengthening the keys should mitigate that risk.
The main meaty detail that the OP offers is the example of the 2007 cryptographic standard that NSa backdoored before touting it...however, Schneier notes that that risk was discovered by outsiders and the implementation was terrible anyway (it's not clear if the standard was ever widely used).
Other than that, the OP doesnt seem to have specifics that werent already assumed or known...e.g. How the NSA works with third party providers, breaks into insecure servers, and is trying hard to compromise SSL...
https://www.schneier.com/essay-446.html
Both the OP and Schneier refer to Snowden's claim that cryptography is mathematically sound, and so Schneier extrapolates that even if the NSA made a mathematical breakthrough, lengthening the keys should mitigate that risk.
The main meaty detail that the OP offers is the example of the 2007 cryptographic standard that NSa backdoored before touting it...however, Schneier notes that that risk was discovered by outsiders and the implementation was terrible anyway (it's not clear if the standard was ever widely used).
Other than that, the OP doesnt seem to have specifics that werent already assumed or known...e.g. How the NSA works with third party providers, breaks into insecure servers, and is trying hard to compromise SSL...
Where does it say that Schneier has access to the documents?
It's in a different post (he has been posting a lot)
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/the_nsa_is_bre...
> I have been working with Glenn Greenwald on the Snowden documents, and I have seen a lot of them. These are my two essays on today's revelations.
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/the_nsa_is_bre...
> I have been working with Glenn Greenwald on the Snowden documents, and I have seen a lot of them. These are my two essays on today's revelations.
Thanks. That's kind of funny. He's been speculating for like 15 years about what the NSA has, so this must be like his favorite christmas.