Exactly. We're operating on the assumption that they are telling the truth. I think that's a pretty stupid assumption. This is just a scare tactic to get peopl

Exactly. We're operating on the assumption that they are telling the truth. I think that's a pretty stupid assumption. This is just a scare tactic to get people to not use encryption, but it's also dimwitted because they could get a lot more mileage by saying "we can break all forms of encryption" and the American public would probably believe it (even with Snowden/a vocal minority calling out the NSA on the lie). The media would most likely propagate the lie because they don't seem to care about the rights/freedom of the people in the US more than creating a scare frenzy. In summation, the NSA are liars and will keep your data regardless, so encrypt everything, don't put anything sensitive on Google, Skype, Dropbox (you'd have to be really stupid to do this anyway), and call your senator.