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Snowden docs show limit of NSA’s snooping

Posted on December 30, 2014June 30, 2025 by Dissent

Julian Hattem reports:

Documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that the National Security Agency, despite its seemingly best efforts, is unable to crack certain types of cyber defenses.

The German newspaper Der Spiegel uncovered among the former contractor’s document trove new details about the extent of the spy agency’s ability to crack online encryption, which defenders of the agency say is necessary to monitor potential terrorists’ communications.

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