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NSA influence over cellular phone crypto



Phil Karn:
>No, RC4 is not the European cellular phone encryption algorithm, but
>that 32-bit figure *has* come up in discussions of what NSA will allow
>the carriers to put into next-generation digital cellular telephones.    

This is an interesting comment.  How, specifically, is the NSA
influencing these decisions?  Does it have any official 
say in the matter?