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'''_NSAKEY''' was a [[variable (computer science)|variable]] name discovered in [[Windows NT 4]] [[Windows NT 4.0#Service Packs|Service Pack]] 5 (which had been released unstripped of its [[Debug symbol|symbolic debugging]] data) in August 1999 by Andrew D. Fernandes of Cryptonym Corporation. That variable contained a 1024-bit [[public key]].

== Overview ==
(contracted; show full)ey was labeled _NSAKEY.<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft, the NSA, and You |publisher=Cryptonym |date=1999-08-31 |url=http://www.cryptonym.com/hottopics/msft-nsa/msft-nsa.html  |accessdate=2007-01-07 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20000617094917/http://www.cryptonym.com/hottopics/msft-nsa/msft-nsa.html |archivedate = 17 June 2000}} ([[Internet Archive]] / [[Internet Archive#Wayback Machine|Wayback Machine]])</ref>  Fernandes published his discovery, touching off a flurry of speculation
 and [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]; such as the second key, owned by the United States [[National Security Agency]] (the NSA), could allow the intelligence agency to subvert any Windows user's security.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

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