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by gwbas1c 928 days ago
Which makes me question describing this as a "deliberate backdoor."
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tptacek 928 days ago
It's pretty clearly a deliberate backdoor.
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swells34 928 days ago
And that is supported by the known past actions of "some government authorities". This is definitely not the first time the US government has deliberately sabotaged crypto.
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tptacek 928 days ago
This isn't an American product.
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wkat4242 928 days ago
It's deliberate in making the crypto so weak that our guys can decrypt their guys' radio traffic.

How's that not a backdoor?

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