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USA-NSA: Has the NSA Been Using the Heartbleed Bug as an Internet Peephole?

10 April 2014

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"When ex-government contractor Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s widespread efforts to eavesdrop on the internet, encryption was the one thing that gave us comfort. Even Snowden touted encryption as a saving grace in the face of the spy agency’s snooping. “Encryption works,” the whistleblower said last June. “Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on.”"

See the article: Has the NSA Been Using the Heartbleed Bug as an Internet Peephole? (WIRED, link)

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