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Ask Slashdot: Can We Still Trust FIPS?

Posted by timothy on from the just-slide-it-under-my-door dept.

First time accepted submitter someSnarkyBastard writes "It has already been widely reported that the NSA has subverted several major encryption standards but I have not seen any mention of how this affects the FIPS 140-2 standard. Can we still trust these cyphers? They have been cleared for use by the US Government for Top-Secret clearance documents; surely the government wouldn't backdoor itself right?...Right?"

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  1. ./ also p0wned by NSA by sigxcpu · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is the wrong place to ask, "ask slashdot" is also controlled by the NSA.
    They have been spending years building cover identities and collecting karma, so they can control ./
    And that's why this post is going to be modded down, see, I told you so!

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