Recent Q/A session with Edward Snowden [1] supports your assumption. Q: Is encrypting my email any good at defeating the NSA survelielance? Id my data protecte

Recent Q/A session with Edward Snowden [1] supports your assumption. Q: Is encrypting my email any good at defeating the NSA survelielance? Id my data protected by standard encryption? A: Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it. [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower#block-51bf3588e4b082a2ed2f5fc5 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-n... p.s. I always like this comic about security: http://xkcd.com/538/ http://xkcd.com/538/