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skirmishlast Thursday at 5:49 PM1 replyview on HN

They may not be able to decrypt it now, but it is well known that most of encrypted Internet traffic is permanently stored in NSA data centers [1] with hopes of decrypting it soon once quantum computing can do it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center


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JasonADrurylast Friday at 10:58 PM

> but it is well known that most of encrypted Internet traffic is permanently stored in NSA data centers

It's "well known"? News to me.

I doubt the NSA has storage space for even 1 year's worth of "most of encrypted Internet traffic", much less for permanently storing it.