A new exposé based on the leaks of Edward Snowden has revealed the
National Security Agency has developed methods to crack online
encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records.
"Encryption is really the system that lets the Internet function as an
important commercial instrument all around the world," says Glenn
Greenwald of The Guardian, which collaborated with The New York Times
and ProPublica on the reporting. "It’s what lets you enter your credit
card number, check your banking records, buy and sell things online, get
your medical tests online, engage in private communications. It’s what
protects the sanctity of the Internet." Documents leaked by Snowden
reveal the NSA spends $250 million a year on a
program which, among other goals, works with technology companies to
"covertly influence" their product designs. "The entire system is now
being compromised by the NSA and their British counterpart, the GCHQ,"
Greenwald says. "Systematic efforts to ensure that there is no form of
human commerce, human electronic communication, that is ever
invulnerable to their prying eyes."
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