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Code Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union by Stephen Budiansky, 2016

Stephen Budiansky—a longtime expert in cryptology—tells the fascinating story of how NSA came to be, from its roots in World War II through the fall of the Berlin Wall. Along the way, he guides us through the fascinating challenges faced by cryptanalysts, and how they broke some of the most complicated codes of the 20th c.

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  • firefly , to Privacy in Swiss authorities intervene, Proton Mail not blocked in India
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    Everything you need to know about so-called 'Swiss Privacy' we learned decades ago from Operation Thesaurus, AKA, Operation Rubicon. We learned that CIA operations and black budget banking are actually headquartered in the Swiss underground.

    Operation Rubicon
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Rubicon

    Crypto AG
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG

    If you trust any third-party server to protect your privacy, you're a rube. If you trust Proton Mail to protect your privacy, you're a rube getting 'crossed' by the Swiss Rubi-con. Either you own your keys and your data on your computer or else you have no privacy. Someone else's promise that your data will be 'encrypted' so they can't decipher it is a hollow pledge. If you send any form of plaintext to a remote server, no matter how much they claim to encrypt it, you have zero assurance of data privacy.

    Watch the phan boiz rage outlet!

    firefly , to Technology
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    Heffalump Hackerz - Woozle Wizards - NIST Quantum Cryptography

    Enjoy some humor regarding 'quantum hysteria' and 'quantum scaremongering'.

    Humorous critique of quantum computers and quantum cryptography:
    On the Heffalump Threat (short single-page essay)
    https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/heffalump_crypto.pdf

    Short 3-minute video (aptly portrays quantum hysteria)
    https://youtu.be/CLnADKgurvc

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    firefly , to Programmer Humor
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    Heffalump Hackerz - Woozle Wizards - NIST Quantum Cryptography

    Enjoy some humor regarding 'quantum hysteria' and 'quantum scaremongering'.

    Quick expert critique of quantum computers and quantum cryptography:
    On the Heffalump Threat (short single-page essay)
    https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/heffalump_crypto.pdf

    Short 3-minute video (aptly portrays quantum hysteria)
    https://youtu.be/CLnADKgurvc

    @programmerhumor

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