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> WELCOME TO THE CRAPTOPOCLYPSE: From now on, every security discussion wastes 15 minutes on “but did the NSA DO IT?!?!’ no matter how absurd.

https://twitter.com/grahamvsworld/status/375793987992715264

I'd be more curious to see the actual report before speculating.

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I think the point was, why hasn't the report been released yet, 2 years later?

Could be they're lazy. Could be they're embarrassed. Could be they're legally prohibited from reporting it -- which in turn could be due to a NSL.

Lots of "could be". But not entirely crazy to list all the possibilities... while waiting for the report, which we can probably all agree ought to be released by now.

My bet is on "lazy", but I think it's much easier to buy into the NSL explanation than the embarrassement one.

At this point, I think you basically HAVE to assume it was NSA involvement. Most of the people who were considered paranoid before seem to have been underestimating things based on what we now know.

Let's just agree that from now on the NSA is responsible for all future security and privacy problems. If proven otherwise, we will assume the NSA is willing to share the blame. Then we can move forward with the rest of the discussion.

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