[Cryptography] 'The intelligence coup of the century'

[Christian Huitema]

On 2/13/2020 8:31 AM, Henry Baker wrote:

> This WaPo article throws gasoline onto already blazing conspiracy theories about DoD's relationship with hi tech firms -- Intel, AMD, TI, Microsoft, RSA Security, Google, Facebook, Amazon (AWS), etc.

Not really. The article describes how the CIA and the German BND bought
and used a small company in Switzerland, which is hardly an indictment
of the US industry. In fact, Microsoft, RSA Security, Google, Facebook,
and Amazon (AWS) did not even exist when the CIA and BND bought Crypto
AG. If anything, the article shows that buying devices from a neutral
country is not a guarantee against interference by the CIA.

-- Christian Huitema