90 percent of Tor keys can be broken by NSA: what does it mean?

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@goodwillhart

It’s “elliptic curves”, not “elliptical curves”. They have little to do with “ellipses”, a common misconception.

So … curves is not correct?

@kangorufoo

If you encrypted data 30 years ago using DES and they have a record of it, it can be cracked

That’s fine, but what kind of intel is still useful 30 years after the fact? Can’t be a lot.