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by fragmede 808 days ago
What about the time it was shown they did the reverse (hardened security using math only they knew at the time) for DSA
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Dylan16807 808 days ago
What about it?

There's an implicit "always" in their second sentence, if you're confused by the wording. They aren't positing the equivalent of the guard that only lies.

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fragmede 808 days ago
It's an interesting story for those who haven't heard about that an think the NSA could only be up to evil. You may not have read it as the guard only ever lies, but that doesn't stop people from thinking that anyway.
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Dylan16807 808 days ago
It's an interesting story, but I still don't know what you wanted as an answer to "What about".
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2OEH8eoCRo0 807 days ago
They were responding to:

> It is naive to think that US intelligence agencies will act in the best interest of US citizens or companies.

With an example of them doing exactly that.

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Dylan16807 807 days ago
This is addressed very directly by the second paragraph of my first comment. Please adjust your response to take that into account.
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fragmede 806 days ago
why are you so fight-y? do you have to be right, or have the last word? what is it?
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