• jaybone@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I thought this went further back to like ~98 and lawsuits around “export grade” encryption and the NSA was partnering with cell phone providers.

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          6 months ago

          That’s because they’ve relaxed on it a bunch. Also, the stuff they were pushing in the 90s really wasn’t secure.

          There was a Darknet Diaries episode that covered a lot of this, but I can’t remember which one.