Mathematician warns NSA may be weakening next-gen encryption::Quantum computers may soon be able to crack encryption methods in use today, so plans are already under way to replace them with new, secure algorithms. Now it seems the US National Security Agency may be undermining that process
In the 90s, Bernstein sued the government so he wouldn’t have to register as an arms dealer and get approved by the government before publishing good encryption. Things were very tightly controlled back then, and his lawsuit ensured encryption controls were loosened. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/remembering-case-established-code-speech/