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re: bediger4000 The phrase has that smell when used by the person denying. If an action or inaction is taken to preserve plausible deniability, it is smelly.

by singlow 13y ago

re: bediger4000 The phrase has that smell when used by the person denying. If an action or inaction is taken to preserve plausible deniability, it is smelly. But when used by an observer after the fact, it just means that we have no way to know they knew, unless there is proof. So if they say they didn't know, it is a believable statement.

swombat 13y ago
Based on the fact that they decided to accelerate their internal encryption projects back in September, 2 months ago ( http://www.informationweek.com/security/government/nsa-fallout-google-speeds-data-encryptio/240161070 http://www.informationweek.com/security/government/nsa-fallo... ), I'm guessing they thought it might be possible, and in the wake of the Snowden revelations they decided it's very plausible (or someone showed them that slide ahead of time) and so they now effectively "know", though they're not keen to cooperate.