Documents Reveal NSA Can Crack Online Encryption

Name: Documents Reveal NSA Can Crack Online Encryption
Uploaded: 2013-09-06T23:56:40Z
Duration: P426S
Description: Encryption technology is supposed to keep your online activity private, but secret documents reveal the NSA knows how to crack the code and has, in some cases, been working with companies directly. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Nicole Perlroth of The New York Times about how the NSA is reacting to the revelations.

Clip: 09/06/2013 | 7m 6s

Encryption technology is supposed to keep your online activity private, but secret documents reveal the NSA knows how to crack the code and has, in some cases, been working with companies directly. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Nicole Perlroth of The New York Times about how the NSA is reacting to the revelations.

Aired: 09/06/13

Rating: NR

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Documents Reveal NSA Can Crack Online Encryption

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