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by mcpherrinm 924 days ago
They are used for many things, like fire, ambulance, railways, harbour operations, police, military, coast guard, and so on.

The weaker cipher mode, TEA1, is used when selling the radios to anyone who may not necessarily be an ally or highly trusted. This is the legacy of strong crypto being export-controlled.

It was public that these ciphers were weaker, but they were actually much weaker than advertised. This is the backdoor.