Today, Ars Technica reports on RSA's statement issued Sunday, denying-but-not-actually-denying Friday's Reuters exclusive that the security software firm received $10 million from the NSA "in exchange for making a weak algorithm the preferred one in its BSAFE toolkit." [Ars Technica]
Security firm RSA issues lame non-denial of Reuters' report on NSA deal
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The NSA tweeted a response to Tucker Carlson's claim that the agency is spying on him
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The once-classified tale of Juanita Moody and the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Send untouched files and useless apps to the dump with this app for Macs
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Use this high tech ear cleaner to say goodbye to the old-school cotton swab
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Keep your home cool as a cucumber this summer with this portable AC unit
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