Or, similarly: - Snowden et al asked him to create a new keypair with very strict cleanroom practices[0] to be sure as to the sanctity of the private key. It'

Or, similarly: - Snowden et al asked him to create a new keypair with very strict cleanroom practices[0] to be sure as to the sanctity of the private key. It's trivial to bump up the key length when doing so. [0]: See the August 18 NYT article on Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald for a peek at the "operational security" that Snowden demanded. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/laura-poitras-snowden.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/laura-poitras-sno...