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Yes, stole. As repeatedly evidenced - most recently with the Gemalto documents - the NSA far prefers to obtain keys surreptitiously than to go through the troub
by cdr 12y ago
Yes, stole. As repeatedly evidenced - most recently with the Gemalto documents - the NSA far prefers to obtain keys surreptitiously than to go through the trouble of legally compelling corporations to provide them.
- Guvante 12y agoNo corporation would continue to use a private key they divulged to outside sources, there is no reason to other than a minor syncing headache.
- cnvogel 12y agoLooking at the "Lavabit" incident, there's obviously some legal framework that allows a government entity in the USA to force a company to surrender a copy of the private key used for email encryption. If said company would change the private key, obviously the same legal framework can be used to get this new key, in turn. So it's fruitless. Of course, if it's an "inofficial" leak, a revocation and renewal of keys makes sense.
- chinathrow 12y agoIssuing an NSL is not really "trouble" for them. As we have seen now countless of times...
- qb45 12y agoThe fact that you have seen it is the trouble.
- jacquesm 12y agoNote the 'N'stands for 'National' and Gemalto is not American.
- chinathrow 12y agoSo? Listed company, locations in TX. http://www.gemalto.com/companyinfo/offices-locator http://www.gemalto.com/companyinfo/offices-locator