[liberationtech] Is Most Encryption Cracked?

[Collin Anderson]

> "It's so strong that we can't export it to Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and North
Korea."

Perhaps they should stop using pictures of Green Movement activists as an
advertisement if they are going to be ignorant and spineless about export
controls.



On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:38 PM, <liberationtech at lewman.us> wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:18:44 -0700
> Collin Sullivan <collins at benetech.org> wrote:
>
> > http://unsene.com/blog/2013/06/15/is-most-encryption-broken/
>
> ....haystack called and wants its media pitch back....
>
> They say AES is broken and yet, "Military-grade security protects your
> important private messages, photos and videos, everywhere. It's so
> strong that we can't export it to Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and North Korea."
>
> So, AES-128 is what they're using? I believe you can only export 64-bit
> or less keys without a license.
>
> This entire thing is dripping in snakeoil.
>
> --
> Andrew
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> pgp 0x6B4D6475
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