In 1998, a report by wayne madsen revealed that the swiss cryptographic company crypto ag had built backdoors into some of its products, and had provided the u. s. government with details of how to exploit these backdoors. as a result, america was able to read the communications of several countries. in 1991 the assassins who killed shahpour bakhtiar, the exiled former iranian prime minister, were caught to the interception and backdoor decipherment of iranian messages encrypted using crypto ag equipment. in this paragraph, the author uses a real-life example to demonstrate how cryptography
can the government.
can be dangerous.
is a swiss specialty.
is unreasonably expensive.

In this text, the author uses a paragraph to demonstrate how cryptography

can help the government.

Explanation:

In the situation described we can observe two things. The first one is that a company builds its product with a security intention to help solve problems. In this case, the assassin group was able to be detained. It helped solve a crime, something illegal and something that broke the human rights of an individual. Therefore it is helpful and valuable for the governments.

what are the following?

the book's theme is the moral ambiguity of the iranian revolution, history of middle eastern relations and the process of growing up during war. it sheds light on the stereotypical views of middle eastern culture and religion.

the author explicitly portrays the issues of class disparities and racism continously throught the whole novel.

the relationship between parents and childrens, the abandonment of faith, modernity vs fundamentalism and class conflict are the 4 main panels that this novel englobes.

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