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Clipper Chip and the Key-Escrow Fight

The Clipper chip was the most famous public face of the U.S. government’s 1990s key-escrow policy. This entry traces how an NSA-designed encryption device became the center of a national fight over privacy, surveillance, technical trust, export controls, and the future of secure communications.

Declassified / Nsa/historical crypto policy program/2026-03-29

Clipper key escrow Escrowed Encryption Standard FIPS 185 Skipjack LEAF

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Dual_EC_DRBG and the NSA Backdoor Controversy

Dual_EC_DRBG was not just a flawed random number generator. It became the clearest public case in which NSA influence over cryptographic standards, vendor defaults, and trust in public security guidance collided in a lasting scandal.

Declassified / Nsa/historical crypto standards controversy/2026-03-29

Dual_EC_DRBG NSA NIST random number generator cryptographic backdoor standards controversy