NSA Cracks Much Online Encryption

snowden strikes again

Updated Apr. 20, 2017 4:58PM EDT / Published Sep. 05, 2013 3:35PM EDT

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Your encrypted data may not be as safe from the government as previously thought. The National Security Agency has been successfully unscrambling much of the encryption that protects banking systems, everyday usage like emails and Web searches, and myriad sensitive data, according to documents recently disclosed by Edward Snowden. The NSA uses supercomputers, technical tricks, court orders, and persuasion of technology companies to crack into the once-impenetrable blanket of Web encryption. But, NSA, did you realize Snowden reportedly scattered your own encrypted files around the world?

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NSA Cracks Much Online Encryption

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