This has definitely been an eventful year with regard to the ongoing controversy surrounding the NSA’s widespread information gathering activities. But how did they manage to ‘access’ the information swept up by their monitoring? YouTube channel Numberphile looks at the arithmetic behind the NSA’s encryption hacking and more in today’s double video feature!
Interested in learning more? Then here is a bonus video featuring more information about the NSA’s surveillance activities. Make sure to visit the About Section for each video to learn (and download) more about today’s topic.
How did the NSA hack our emails? [YouTube]
NSA Surveillance (an extra bit) – Numberphile [YouTube]
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