Brian Murgatroyd, chair of the technical body at ETSI (etsi.org) responsible for #dev the TETRA standard and algorithms, spoke with Kim about why his standards group weakened an #encryption algorithm used to secure #critical radio communications of #police, #military, #government, critical #infrastructure and others.

« The researchers are calling it a #backdoor because the reduction isn't a glitch ; the algorithm was designed this way to make it intentionally weak » #ict #telecom #technologies [ https://zetter.substack.com/p/interview-with-the-etsi-standards ]