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September 5, 2013 06:24 pm PDT
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Report: NSA slices through most 'net encryption, according to 'Bullrun' documents leaked bySnowden
In the New York Times, a report based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden says the National Security Agency is "winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine the major tools protecting the privacy of everyday communications."The agency has circumvented or cracked much of the encryption, or digital scrambling, that guards global commerce and banking systems, protects sensitive data like trade secrets and medical records, and automatically secures the e-mails, Web searches, Internet chats and phone calls of Americans and others around the world, the documents show.Many users assume or have been assured by Internet companies that their data is safe from prying eyes, including those of the government, and the N.S.A.
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