[Cryptography] TAO, NSA crypto backdoor program

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John Kelsey <crypto.jmk gmail.com> writes

> Far more Americans are going to be willing to go along
> with the US government doing anything than with the Chinese
> government doing it.  The spies trying to plant a weakness
> have the advantage that they can rely on patriotism, future
> employment prospects, legal requirements, or simply on trust
> ("they must have a good reason to tell me to do this.").
> A foreign intelligence agency has to rely on much more  blunt
> methods--bribes, blackmail, threats, etc.

And pretending to be American.

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