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		sshconnection on Sept 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: N.S.A. Foils Much Internet Encryption You must have been living under a rock for the past few months. Welcome to September, where we now know that to not be the case.

unreal37 on Sept 5, 2013 [–]

I know we're not supposed to make these kinds of comments in HN, but yours made me laugh.

Welcome to September, where the NSA can keep any data it accidentally collected about US persons for five years if its plaintext. And if that data is encrypted, it can keep data on US persons forever.

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