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This blog post was a very entertaining and read. The concept that the reason people get scammed because of their strengths (trust in authority/desire to follow) and not our weaknesses is a bit mind boggling. It was very well written and kept me interested throughout the entire post.

This article describes how, during the Cold War, the major distributor of cryptography machines (Crypto AG) worked with the NSA. This professional relationship provided the NSA with shortcuts on how to break ciphers created from the different machines. Also, Crypto AG was revealed as not having given the most up to date models to all countries, probably through deception. This raises the question of morality involving basic warfare. How is it moral for this supposedly trusted third party company to have special allegiances with the United States?Would the United States have the same opinion on this actions morality if they were the ones being sold out of date equipment? Or if one of their opponents had shortcuts?

Some advice from security expert Bruce Schneier on how to keep the NSA from snooping on you. "Trust the math. Encryption if your friend."

"Richard, 10, has made this Bombe machine out of Lego, complete with wires on the back."

Advice: always assume that you are being hacked; use strong passwords; don't trust security questions to protect your data

Try to avoid opening emails from senders you don't 100% trust and know. Also, routinely check your PC using some kind of antivirus or data scrubbing software to ensure your system hasn't accrued keyloggers or malware that might give bad actors sensitive personal information.