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Bernardo de La Paz

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22. NSA knows more about DSA than we ever will. Plus they have no shortage of compute power.

Reply to sir pball (Reply #21)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 08:49 PM

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You can be sure that they are experimenting with quantum computing, which has reached a promising stage for the moment.

If it goes onto the internet it is in the cloud. That term is commonly used to mean storage but that is not the main point of attack and a repository / database is not a prerequisite.

Like I said, encrypted stuff can be ignored, but routing will not be and unencrypted stuff no matter how mundane will be automatically minutely analyzed and correlated with other unencrypted stuff until enough clues have built up to trigger an expensive NSA decrypt.

I am not privy to any secrets or plans but I will not say much more on this thread because as a computer programmer I have a powerful, active idea generator.

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Should DU start a Hyphanet site? [View all] sir pball Thursday OP

STOP! elleng Thursday #1

Stop what? sir pball Thursday #2

The more a "possibility" is noisily bruted about, the more possible it gets. Do you want that? Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #4

Any backup plan they have will be moot intheflow Thursday #8

A gangster web is not resistance bc it will attract more surveillance, not less & attract harsher crackdowns Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #10

I haven't written anything off as moot. intheflow Thursday #13

Post #8 you wrote "Any backup plan they have will be moot" Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #14

Never heard of it. Must be enormously popular, known to all DU members except me, so everyone can find it. Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #3

It's the ultimate Dark Web. sir pball Thursday #5

If you can join it but you think Patel or Blondi can't surveil it, you are indulging in fantasies Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #6

C'mon. intheflow Thursday #9

I am well aware of "OG" for years. It is a disgusting homage to criminals from early days of rap and such. Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #11

My point about surveilance has not made an impression on you Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #12

They can surveil it, but that's all they can do. sir pball Thursday #15

Users leave clues in their content. And comprehensive surveillance of internet onramps would be very revealing. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #16

Clearly you aren't familiar with the network. sir pball Thursday #17

If users can easily talk to each other, then some are talking to bots or agents, particularly on the dark web. Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #18

Users can talk fairly easily, but they retain anonymity. sir pball Thursday #19

If content is put up to the cloud it can be analyzed. If it is destined to your favorite dark web Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #20

It's not in the cloud. sir pball Thursday #21

NSA knows more about DSA than we ever will. Plus they have no shortage of compute power. Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #22

As a programmer, you should know how Freenet works. sir pball Thursday #23

I'll take a look. usonian Thursday #7