John wrote:
> There have been allegations that NSA influenced Microsoft's encryption
> support (one reason that NSA could afford to relax export controls
> could be that they've already subverted the highest volume US
> products).
John Glimore wrote:
>
> There have been allegations that NSA influenced Microsoft's encryption
> support (one reason that NSA could afford to relax export controls
> could be that they've already subverted the highest volume US
> products).
The FBI has been pretty blatant about their efforts, too. Both Microsoft and
FBI officials told me on background last year that the FBI wanted to be sure
MS included no encryption that wasn't easily broken.
Granted, neither side would go on the record. But the fact that both sources
told me they were willing to be cited as "company executives" and
"government officials" speaks volumes about the PR war the feds have been
waging.
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