<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">While anything is certainly possible, I agree with David. To the best of my knowledge, we have no reason to believe that the NSA can crack the cryptographic protocols themselves. All leaked information available on this topic that I’m aware of, from Snowden to Room 641a to the FBI/Apple debate all reinforce this position, as they focus on attack vectors that exist outside of the cryto itself. This actually highlights the benefits of strong e2e encryption (as opposed to simply securing your communication to a public website that then cooperates with surveillance agencies).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">On a meta-level, the argument that “the NSA can crack any encryption, therefore we should assume China can too, therefore we should assume encryption is insecure, therefore we should not even bother using e2e encryption” is… remarkably concerning, especially in an age of bad actors and misinformation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Spencer</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 14, 2020, at 11:48, David Stodolsky <<a href="mailto:dss@socialinformatics.org" class="">dss@socialinformatics.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14 Jun 2020, at 20:37, Yosem Companys <<a href="mailto:yosem@techlantis.com" class="">yosem@techlantis.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;" class="">The US’s NSA can crack any encryption in the world and listen to any communications it wants.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">Not true. Strong crypto can’t be cracked.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>dss<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics<br class="">Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark<br class=""><a href="mailto:dss@socialinformatics.org" class="">dss@socialinformatics.org</a> Tel./Signal: +45 3095 4070</div></div></div>
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