Post #1249799
2026-04-11 01:54 UTC
@rsalz @darkuncle You wrote "this whole thread is crazy conspiracy thinking" but I'm unable to figure out what you're disputing, i.e., what specifically you're claiming is a conspiracy theory. You _don't_ seem to be questioning the authenticity of https://www.eff.org/files/2014/04/09/20130905-guard-sigint_enabling.pdf, an internal NSA document on NSA's massive budget to weaken "standards and specification for commercial public key technologies" etc. so as to make those "exploitable". What, then, _are_ you disputing?
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@rsalz@ioc.exchange 2026-04-11 15:46
@djb @darkuncle Everything I wrote is simple and consistent and, if you look at the context of when they were made, easy to follow. For those just jumping in. 1. As a long-time person involved with the IETF I have not seen any hidden/coercive NSA involvement. 2. I accept that the EFF budget piece is accurate. 3. The term "crazy conspiracy thinking" referred to your blog posts on this topic. I do not argue with NSA/NIST and pointed out why they could do that in the past. I find it amusing that ISO refused to standardize NSA's Simon and Speck. Perhaps they're not as good at influence as they used to be.