Given that the following:
- The primary RNG (random-number generator) software used for ALL modern encryption was co-developed by the CIA.
- The CIA's public investment branch, In-Q-Tel, was the primary DONOR of IP patents to all modern major technology companies (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, etc).
I would suggest it's safe to say that modern encryption has been successfully backdoored from it's conception.
[–] TheBuddha [S] ago
Maybe, though there are various audited open source solutions. If they were on there, I'd expect it to be at the hardware level?
[–] obvious_throwaway1 ago
Possibly, since both Intel and AMD processors have built in sub-level 3 SoC's that contain a network stack and can be accessed when the computer is shut down as long as it's connected to a power supply.