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A few examples: * Companies like Google and Yahoo will encrypt their internal fibre links, and more of the information crossing internet backbones, making pass
by EricBurnett 13y ago
A few examples:
* Companies like Google and Yahoo will encrypt their internal fibre links, and more of the information crossing internet backbones, making passive information gathering more difficult.
* Funding isn't guaranteed. The NSA hasn't really been impacted yet, but it's definitely possible for their budget to be cut in the wake of the ever-increasing revelations. It'll all come down to what the politicians think will get them the most power, and they'll happily go against the NSA if it will further that cause.
* On a slightly longer timescale, a sustained negative public opinion of the NSA will impact their ability to hire the best people.
The impacts on the NSA may not be as significant as you or I might wish, but they're certainly non-zero.
- zacinbusiness 13y agoThose are good points. Do you think that the increased encryption of major data processing company networks will increase security of the internet overall? That would be a happy accidental effect.
- EricBurnett 13y agoSecurity, not really, in that I don't think anyone but state-supported actors have the resources to tap into them at present. But privacy (from governments local and foreign), yes.
- zacinbusiness 13y agoThat would be interesting for sure. I'd almost like to do some research into this over time. But I'd have no idea how to begin or how to proceed in a meaningful way.