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To: Syncopated

The NSA never wanted anything to go out that they couldn’t crack at will.

They evidently did not care that our enemies could crack it too.


6 posted on 07/24/2023 12:21:56 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: PapaBear3625

They evidently did not care that our enemies could crack it too.

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The people who put in backdoors hope that no one ever finds out about them, and they usually protect them so that even if they did, it wouldn’t be easy to exploit. But they are obviously most secure if you don’t even know they are there.

The problem is, Asian manufacturers are notorious for reverse engineering all their competition’s product. They want to know everything does.

However, the people here mentioning the NSA are probably on to something. From what I have heard, they don’t like anyone locking them out. So if they made a deal with the manufacturer of the product with the back door to include it, I wouldn’t be surprised if this story ends up going no where


10 posted on 07/24/2023 12:28:45 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: PapaBear3625
The NSA never wanted anything to go out that they couldn’t crack at will.

Who do you think is behind all of those "let us store your passwords" websites?

13 posted on 07/24/2023 12:30:02 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: PapaBear3625

“The NSA never wanted anything to go out that they couldn’t crack at will. They evidently did not care that our enemies could crack it too.”

Might explain, at least a bit, why the Neocons are getting their butts handed to them in Ukraine. Of course the main problem was their sheer arrogance, thinking that their military hardware, now only capable of fighting the Third World, could take on a superpower.


25 posted on 07/24/2023 4:26:50 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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