[not_buying_it]

Can anyone here point out an actual case where the NSA was able to break or legitimately hack someone's crypto? I was under the impression that their track record was basically nil on this, and that virtually every instance of them spying on encrypted info boiled down to some sort of inside job that actually resulted in the encryption being weakened or thwarted. People speak about these guys like they have off the charts abilities, yet the available evidence is not so indicative of that. Just looks like a big government operation kinda bumbling along to me.

[glitchdigger]

If they had that ability they certainly wouldn’t broadcast that capability, but I’ve seen enough crazy shit in the legal 0day market alone to think they have some insane capabilities. However, you’d never know If they could crack RSA/AES, but assuming quantum computing is on its way I’m sure it won’t be long or happened 8 years ago.