Reuters: RSA Weakened Encryption For $10M From NSA

Lasrick writes "As a key part of a campaign to embed encryption software that it could crack into widely used computer products, the U.S. National Security Agency arranged a secret $10 million contract with RSA, one of the most influential firms in the computer security industry, Reuters has learned." Asks an anonymous reader: "If the NIST curves really are broken (as has been suggested for years), then most SSL connections might be too, amirite?"

Comments

Re:Slashdot or Twitter?

[sideslash]

I don't think there should be a comma after the "5" in your post.

Re:Let me say this from Germany:

[TheGratefulNet]

Google does have a strong interest in proper encryption, because it's the right thing to do.

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

btw, fuck you for being so brainwashed that you think Your Company(tm) still is an honest company and has any ethics at all.

Re:That's a tiny number

[ahabswhale]

That's the best you can do? Everything I said was completely true. I'm sorry you can't handle it.

Re:That's a tiny number

[ahabswhale]

"a whistleblower to does not let illegal and immoral acts continue is NOT the one at fault."

Except for the fact he's not a whistle-blower. Whistle-blowers only expose illegal activity. He exposed every piece of secret information he could get his hands on regardless of whether it's illegal or not. It would be like a bank employee who not only exposes illegal activity at a bank he works at but all of their internal strategy documentation. That's wrong and so is what Snowden did. It's called being a traitor.

As for your bootlicker accusation..I guess anyone who expresses a different opinion than yours is some kind of bootlicker or troll. Once again, everything I said was completely true and it's truly sad that you cannot accept the truth.

Re:That's a tiny number

[ahabswhale]

Actually, I never denied any such thing and I challenge you to prove me wrong. You're trying to put words into my mouth. In any event, thanks for quitting the conversation because you're clearly incapable of forming rational arguments.

Re:That's a tiny number

[anagama]

Why don't you and Cold Fjord go fuck each other in the NSA parking lot, after which you can track down Clapper, prostrate yourself before him, and suck up his lies. Maybe if you absorb enough jizz, you'll grow another neuron.