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]
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Dec 23, 2013
Security firm RSA issues lame non-denial of Reuters' report on NSA deal
How to look cute on your webcam that the government is definitely spying on
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