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> OpenPGP SDK code looks like OpenSSL. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that intelligence services sabotage open source crypto projects by helping turning thei
by fab13n 12y ago
> OpenPGP SDK code looks like OpenSSL.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that intelligence services sabotage open source crypto projects by helping turning their codebase into an arcane mess, which scares away the million eyeballs which are supposed to make bugs shallow.
I've worked on OpenSSL quite a long time ago; I thought they kept it so messy in order to sell their expertise through consulting. At that time, only tinfoil hat folks would have believed that spooks would spend millions sabotaging everything and anything crypto-related... Now I believe that infiltrating open-source SSL / TLS / PGP developper communities is at least as strong a priority as infiltrating terrorist communities for them, so I'm utterly convinced they're trying, and I'd rather bet they succeed.