"NIST quietly began recommending against using the encryption standard in the wake of the Snowden disclosures, and the resulting uproar led to the development of PGP."
No. PGP was invented in the 1990s by a dude named Zimmermann. Phil Zimmermann is somewhat of a heroic figure amongst the digerati. The Snowden revelations and resulting brouhaha didn't happen until the 2010s.
Snowden and the WikiLeaks dude are likewise seen in heroic light by most digerati over a certain age.
LLM requires source code to discover software vulnerabilities; it's almost impossible to find vulnerabilities with only binary files. Furthermore, source code requires cooperation from vendors or the supply chain; simply possessing the final product is insufficient.
Sorry, a nit:
According to this article,
"NIST quietly began recommending against using the encryption standard in the wake of the Snowden disclosures, and the resulting uproar led to the development of PGP."
No. PGP was invented in the 1990s by a dude named Zimmermann. Phil Zimmermann is somewhat of a heroic figure amongst the digerati. The Snowden revelations and resulting brouhaha didn't happen until the 2010s.
Snowden and the WikiLeaks dude are likewise seen in heroic light by most digerati over a certain age.
TIA
Otherwise, keep up the good work.
Regards,
~SS
I came to the comments to say this! I was using PGP long before Snowden.
Possibly the author meant the development of CFRG curves?
I came to the comments to say this! I was using PGP long before Snowden.
Possibly the author meant the development of CFRG curves?
LLM requires source code to discover software vulnerabilities; it's almost impossible to find vulnerabilities with only binary files. Furthermore, source code requires cooperation from vendors or the supply chain; simply possessing the final product is insufficient.