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Bullrun (decryption program)

Bullrun (stylized BULLRUN) is a clandestine, highly classified program to crack encryption of online communications and data, which is run by the United States National Security Agency (NSA). The British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has a similar program codenamed Edgehill. According to the Bullrun classification guide published by The…

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bullrun nsa encryption program documents security leaked snowden access gchq communications information used data backdoor rsa united states number network

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restrictions on export of encryption software as evidenced by Bernstein vinstance ofand using various specifically designed laws0.80text
key escrowinstance oftechnical measures0.80text
a euphemism for a backdoorinstance oftechnical measures0.80text
have met with criticisminstance oftechnical measures0.80text
little success.The NSA encourages the manufacturers of security technology to disclose backdoors to their products or encryption keys so that they may access the encrypted datainstance oftechnical measures0.80text

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