New documents reveal which encryption tools the NSA couldn't crack

PGP OTR & Tor are "still" safe. Keep in mind- these documents are from 2012~

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/inside-the-nsa-s-war-on-internet-security-a-1010361.html

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/28/7458159/encryption-standards-the-nsa-cant-crack-pgp-tor-otr-snowden

Edit: Direct link to the documents:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-documents-attacks-on-vpn-ssl-tls-ssh-tor-a-1010525.html

Specific document about Hidden services:

http://www.spiegel.de/media/media-35539.pdf


Comments


[16 Points] None:

B-b-but Tor isn't safe

Some people on here said so


[7 Points] Hidebehind:

I'd like to point out that although the NSA probably has a lot of great cryptologists and computer scientists, you can't just throw money at them and tell them to get cracking.

Call me naive if you want, but I still have complete confidence that a full 14 rounds of 256 bit AES implemented properly can safely resist all known attacks. Sure, you can always do some nifty side channel attacks, timing attacks, what have you, but these actually exploit the implementation of AES on a given system, and not the cipher per se. Computers leak data in a myriad of ways, and it is up to the user to obfuscate this data to the best of his abilities. If you put an extremely secure lock in your door but forget to close your windows, can you really say I "sucessfully cracked" your security if I come inside your house?

(At the end of the day none of this really matters though, because rubber-hose cryptanalysis is actually a thing.)


[4 Points] Voldewarts:

So, is our PGP4WIN still safe? What about the supposed compromised later versions of PGP?


[3 Points] Yung_hitta:

Ya'll believe dat shit?


[3 Points] None:

Theres no telling how far theyve come in 2 years.


[1 Points] 1percentof1:

Until they get their quantum computer online, Tor is safe.


[-1 Points] polvb:

If Tor wasn't safe to use, you'd see dozens of journalists in dangerous countries getting their heads cut off.