By weakening encryption standards, inserting vulnerabilities into vendors’ technology, and using supercomputer-backed password crackers, the US and the UK are able to break encryption used to back technologies like SSH, HTTPS, and VPNs…. By weakening encryption standards, inserting vulnerabilities into vendors’ technology, and using supercomputer-backed password crackers, the US and the UK are able to break encryption used to back technologies like SSH, HTTPS, and VPNs.

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