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In reply to the discussion: Holy. Fucking. Shit. The candle flickers... (NSA) [View all]hootinholler
(26,449 posts)16. The bean counters won't invest that in thier infrastructure
They will rely on Cisco to provide VPN security, which is strongly encrypted. My bet is that the NSA has been able to strong arm a master key out of Cisco.
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Well, thank God the security apparatus isn't tied with private sector businesses.
napoleon_in_rags
Jun 2013
#130
Very Glad To See The Neurons Firing - The Trouble Is That None Really Know How Pervasive This Is
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#2
You caught that too. So much for PGP. Encryption just buys a ticket to attention by an NSA bot, .
leveymg
Jun 2013
#5
It's picking up on the notion that any criticism of the administration is born in racism
hootinholler
Jun 2013
#110
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
LondonReign2
Jun 2013
#87
It can take millions of years of compute time to crack really strong encryption.
backscatter712
Jun 2013
#115
Have you seen the specialized hardware that has developed in the public space for bitcoin mining?
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2013
#116
Unless there are some ungodly breakthroughs in math, near approaching P = NP, you're flat out wrong
ConservativeDemocrat
Jun 2013
#123
Actually, I don't worry about being "snooped on". My point was math.
ConservativeDemocrat
Jun 2013
#128
By the time it hits your router, it's already encrypted with Cisco's encryption
hootinholler
Jun 2013
#55
It's called CALEA-compliant switches. Google it. Not a national defense secret - mandatory since '95
leveymg
Jun 2013
#42
Not at all. I've set up enough IP addresses & threaded ethernet cable through ceilings to know
leveymg
Jun 2013
#73
I thought it was obvious lol. By any means possible is how they operate. The Chinese are with you.
Catherina
Jun 2013
#34
Did you see that article where China mentioned our "sanctimonious mask"? Read this lol. The irony!
Catherina
Jun 2013
#66
I wonder how many accounts have been banned on DU over the years for spouting this 'alleged'
Purveyor
Jun 2013
#36
Wall Street and MIComplex meets NAZIs, Mafia, Eugenicists, Big Oil, Banksters...
Octafish
Jun 2013
#49
After the end of the Cold War GHWB shifted the focus from military to economic spying.
alfredo
Jun 2013
#70
It already is. We've been keeping it kicked for six days with less than 300 views.
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#98
"{W}e forgot that the question is NOT, how do we get good people into power. . . .
snot
Jun 2013
#125
And if not now, in a few years, brute force decryption will become easy.
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2013
#112
I have wondered all along what sense this program meant in terms of 'finding a number' etc
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#131
But the NSA and the Federal Government held up the release of open key encription....
Mustellus
Jun 2013
#135