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Post by rubl on Feb 12, 2020 14:38:22 GMT 7
Spying, USA and Germany, sharing with Israel, Britain, Sweden and officially neutral Switzerland. No wonder they fear Huawei 5G equipment  "Swiss investigate report that firm helped CIA break codes Switzerland said on Tuesday it was probing reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the German BND spy service used a Swiss firm’s encryption technology to crack other nations’ top-secret messages. The company, called Crypto AG, sold code-making equipment to Iran, India, Pakistan, Latin American nations and dozens of other countries. The technology was modified to let the CIA and BND break codes, the Washington Post reported along with German and Swiss broadcasters ZDF and SRF. They described a Cold War-era caper in which American spymasters and counterparts from what was then West Germany from 1970 were responsible for nearly all Crypto AG operations, from hiring and firing to sales tactics." uk.reuters.com/article/uk-swiss-cyber/swiss-investigate-report-that-firm-helped-cia-break-codes-idUKKBN2051W3?il=0 |
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Post by rubl on Feb 12, 2020 14:47:43 GMT 7
On the other side "U.S. Officials Say Huawei Can Covertly Access Telecom Networks Trump administration ramps up push for allies to block Chinese company U.S. officials say Huawei Technologies Co. can covertly access mobile-phone networks around the world through “back doors” designed for use by law enforcement, as Washington tries to persuade allies to exclude the Chinese company from their networks." www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-officials-say-huawei-can-covertly-access-telecom-networks-11581452256 |
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Post by siampolee on Feb 12, 2020 15:23:09 GMT 7
Anything designed by a human being can and will be cracked by another human beings superior gizmo.
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Post by rubl on Feb 12, 2020 20:32:19 GMT 7
Problematic indeed. As long as it's based on (computer) logic it's solvable. It may need time, but with a powerful enough computer system, some resourceful programming not much time. That's assuming you really want to crack an encoded message. Something less logical is required, but again with brute power it just needs a bit more time.
Of course, shortish messages forcefully encrypted might last a few days. For certain type of messages that might be enough. Next we'll just add a few meaningless messages to waste peoples time.
Not really ideal. Maybe encode in 3D physical objects? Probably only difficult for a while. Maybe back to whisper in my ear and I'll pass it on?
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Post by rgs2001uk on Feb 12, 2020 20:44:48 GMT 7
Yeah, I offloaded my samsung smart tv last year, it was spying on me, 5555
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Post by rubl on Feb 12, 2020 20:51:49 GMT 7
^^| but your fridge still tells me when you get some nice cheese and a beer  PS it can sense the difference in how the door is opened, you brute  |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Feb 12, 2020 21:28:59 GMT 7
^^| but your fridge still tells me when you get some nice cheese and a beer PS it can sense the difference in how the door is opened, you brute I was smarter, thats why now we only employ burmese maids, only cheese in my fridge is cathedral city extra mature, no beer sorry to say. Too be honest, I dont know where the fridge is locatated, its in some room at the back of the house I am not allowed to enter. |
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Post by rubl on Feb 13, 2020 10:24:50 GMT 7
^^| but your fridge still tells me when you get some nice cheese and a beer PS it can sense the difference in how the door is opened, you brute I was smarter, thats why now we only employ burmese maids, only cheese in my fridge is cathedral city extra mature, no beer sorry to say. Too be honest, I dont know where the fridge is locatated, its in some room at the back of the house I am not allowed to enter. Let me check the CCTV setup you spent so much many on to have installed. Will let you know the results  |
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Post by rubl on Feb 16, 2020 15:05:43 GMT 7
Latest I read was that when the CIA/NSA asked Germany to 'do something' to weaken crypto coding in equipment to be sold to Turkey the Germans refused. Next the Americans approached Philips USFA which was a bit more supportive. Specifically the encryption was 'weakened' in the Philips/Siemens aroflex to make the beroflex which was aimed at the civilian market. For Turkey beroflexes were made to look identical to aroflexes. cryptomuseum.com/crypto/philips/aroflex/index.htm"Philips heeft meerdere keren de versleuteling afgezwakt van apparaten waarmee landen veilig dachten te communiceren, bevestigt Cees Jansen, oud-cryptograaf van Philips, zaterdag tegen Argos. Philips deed dit in opdracht van de BVD, de voorloper de AIVD en de Amerikaanse inlichtingendienst CIA." www.nu.nlSome more on different crypto devices here cryptomuseum.com/crypto/index.htm |
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Post by rubl on May 25, 2020 17:09:07 GMT 7
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