NSA encryption systems
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The National Security Agency took over responsibility for all US government encryption systems when it was formed in 1952. The technical details of most NSA-approved systems are still classified, but
KL-7 at NSA Museum
An array of KW-26 cipher devices
KOI-18 field paper tape reader
STU-III phones with crypto-ignition keys
Clipper chip
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The Clipper chip was a chipset that was developed and promoted by the United States National Security Agency as an encryption device that secured "voice and data messages" with a built-in backdoor tha
NSA encryption systems
…are accessible to the US government. While few would argue with the need for the government to access its own internal communications, the NSA Clipper chip proposal to extend this key escrow requirement to public use of cryptography was highly controversial. TEMPEST: protecting plaintext from compromise…
MYK-78 "Clipper chip"
MYK-78