the effects of a spy

[Travis H.]

> actually justified for cryptosystems:  It turned out, on the key escrow side
> of the protocol design, NSA actually fell over the edge, and there was a
> simple attack (Matt Blaze's work, as I recall).

Details on the so-called LEAF blower here:
http://www.crypto.com/papers/eesproto.pdf
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