This is the wrong conclusion to take from the NSA spying revelations. The proper conclusion is that anything that cannot be independently verified is suspect an

This is the wrong conclusion to take from the NSA spying revelations. The proper conclusion is that anything that cannot be independently verified is suspect and to not put an inordinate amount of trust into any single system. With motivated and well funded adversaries like the NSA, there is no such thing as too paranoid. There is value in discussing these conspiracy theories, if only to disseminate information and allow others to determine their own risk assessment. The conflict of interest inherent in a law enforcement agency funding a tool for circumventing detection is enough to raise alarm bells for some classes of users.