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Out of humor and a bit of worry, I had previously posed a conspiracy theory that the NSA/etc. had undermined (coerced, compromised, whatever) the Internet's cer
by bhauer 13y ago
Out of humor and a bit of worry, I had previously posed a conspiracy theory that the NSA/etc. had undermined (coerced, compromised, whatever) the Internet's certificate authorities. I no longer am comfortable dismissing it as silly humor. I worry that such a theory has about equal parts merit as not.
I now want viable open source web-of-trust encryption for the web as soon as possible.
- ihsw 13y agoThe worrying part is the "etc" part of your sentence, namely that all federal agencies in the US Government now have unrestricted access to encrypted communications. The DEA and the IRS are only the tip of the iceberg. If one government agency has your data then the rest of them do too.
- Filligree 13y agoOh, don't forget other governments. If the NSA can do it, China and Russia certainly can too.