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Right. It's what i already told.

I don't know much about cryptography, just a few things, but when i have a project being funded by the USA government while it's using a USA navy algorythm, doesn't mean it's ok and that there is not a backdoor or something because the code is open and can and was review by several people. Funding a project that uses your cryptography and that can be used against you, makes no sense to me, except if you have a backdoor. The recent incident with xz-utils also shows that it is possible. Yes it was revealed because it's open but it is possible. Besides that, i myself, all my life when i wanted to hide something, i did it in public view with 100% success so far.

Low Information Voter 1y ago

You have a very wise attitude to these things, that you should keep. But an indication of scale might be useful.

The Thing is rightly legendary in real life spy shenanigans, and a dramatic example of hiding things in plain sight.

https://yandex.com/turbo/en.wikipedia.org/s/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)

During the course of the operation, it was only handled by a few people, none of whom had much technical knowledge, and then it sat on a shelf.

Tor is made of transparent digital code instead of opaque wood, it has been handled daily by experts around the globe, and there are literally tens of millions of copies.

Finding out there was a back door all along would be like finding out every Toyota Corolla has a "Decepticon" form and no mechanic ever noticed until one day they rose up and took over the world.

I, for one, will welcome our new robotic overlords, and I have always treated my Toyota with kindness and respect. I don't lose sleep over it, though.

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nami 1y ago

I understand the point, but one question, for start, that has to be answered in a satisfying manner, is why USA is funding a project that can be used against them?

Low Information Voter 1y ago

AES and RSA weren't actually DARPA or NSA products. They were designed by academics who entered them into both USA and international competitions for new algorithms.

The NSA would love the ability to read everyone's mail, but the global banking industry needs cryptography to work.

Low Information Voter 1y ago

Guess who holds the bigger stick?

nami 1y ago

It's also used in military applications...

I don't know. Who?