NSA Cyber Chief Vows ‘No Backdoors” in Quantum Encryption Standards

As the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is busy developing — and gathering industry buy-in — for a new set of quantum encryption standards, the cybersecurity chief for the National Security Agency (NSA) has vowed it won’t build in a backdoor for snooping. The NSA has a shabby track record when it comes to violating privacy and Fourth Amendment protections with its massive surveillance operations, but in an interview, NSA director of cybersecurity Rob Joyce said, “There are no backdoors”

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