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"Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrificall
by etiam 13y ago
"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."
Edward Snowden, in Q&A session at The Guardian's homepage, 17 June 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-...
- junto 13y agoWhat exactly does he mean by that? Can you give an example?
- etiam 13y agoI interpret that to mean that the NSA are not able to bring into plaintext communications that are protected by strong cryptography, unless there were exploitable mistakes in the handling of the cryptosystem. The NSA /are/ however very capable of, for instance, gaining access to and control of a persons computer. That could be used to inspect the communications before they are encrypted or to reverse the encryption by using the keys the same way the legitimate receiver would.