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by tptacek 3535 days ago
This is the "NSAKEY" of open source crypto conspiracy theories.
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As far as I recall, there are 8 bytes set to zero in the TC header at a very curious location.
That's always how these worst backdoors begin... with curious patterns of zeroes. How better to zero out a key than with actual zeroes. Nobody will ever suspect!