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Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption (www.newscientist.com)
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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

it will be illegal if the government doesn’t have an easy way to break it

Aren't there a lot of existing standards already can't be broken easily (by anyone)? That's why we have all these recent attempts to force backdoors into encrypted apps

Or is it just extra scrutiny if you're trying to make a new one