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There are a couple of other issues, even if one agreed with your view: 1. They obviously can't keep their own secrets, so it's unlikely that they will do any b
by alasdair_ 13y ago
There are a couple of other issues, even if one agreed with your view:
1. They obviously can't keep their own secrets, so it's unlikely that they will do any better than keeping yours. Eventually, your data will leak out to non-NSA people.
2. By adding backdoors, they weaken the encryption. This implies that anyone with sufficient skill who goes looking for backdoors may be able to exploit the hole that the NSA opened up. This is a big deal, especially if you have secrets that you need to protect.