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I can't imagine with the added scrutiny the internet has gotten since then, especially from foreign governments, that NIST will be able to get away with anything like that again.

But then again I may be completely ignorant as to the scope of NSA meddling.

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> […] that NIST will be able to get away with anything like that again.

You say this like NIST was an accomplice (and not also a victim).

If someone pressures (with just words and no threats) you into shooting another person, do you not at least partly hold some of the blame yourself?

Not sure what consequences NSA told NIST would happen if they said no, when they pressured them, but from the look of things (https://harvardnsj.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/06/V...) it seems that NSA just asked NIST nicely to make Dual_EC_DRBG a FIPS even as it was weak, and NIST accepted that.

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