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I find it weird how in that Snowden movie they claimed that computers, phones, and commercial operating systems have NSA back doors in them, yet in the USA politicians are getting hysterical about encryption. If the computers and phones have NSA back doors, why do the politicians care if the communications between them are encrypted? Why not ask the NSA for the access codes?
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It isn't necessarily "backdoors," per se, though Mr. Stone may have used that term in his screenplay for dramatic impact. It appears to be manipulation of cryptographic constants in published standards, to provide decryption advantages.
I was looking into Curve25519 today, and learned that there was conjecture of a possible backdoor in a NIST-standard psuedo random number generator, noted below. Beyond that -- and more importantly -- were all the constants that were used in Elliptic Curve Cryptography standards of the day which were called into question. Quote:
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Some years ago, I took an introduction to cryptography class that Stanford offered online. It began well enough, but my insufficient background in mathematics theory made the course impossible to continue by the 8th or 9th week in.
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2. This kind of technology subversion may be found unlawful or more regulated/supervised by court in the future. It is better for them to pass a law to make it lawful. Some actions may be now lawful for national security, but not lawful for regular criminal investigations.
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