going to have to call shenanigans on "by using a giant rainbow table of prime pair products for instant decryption without factoring, which was first proposed by Rabin back in 1997 at a NIST working group for establishing crypto standards."
If they had that ability they certainly wouldn’t broadcast that capability, but I’ve seen enough crazy shit in the legal 0day market alone to think they have some insane capabilities. However, you’d never know If they could crack RSA/AES, but assuming quantum computing is on its way I’m sure it won’t be long or happened 8 years ago.
It’s pretty straightforward. They 0day, hardware backdoor and infiltrate the ranks of root CA’s. This is covert information war from blank-check black op military agencies we’re talking about. They will kill people if they have to and sleep at night like babies because it is a utilitarian philosophy these people hold, not some Kantian dream.
"Suprisingly non-trite article".... Wtf are you talking baout? Never going back to normal? Maybe not in the minds of the brainwashed