Re: NSA back doors in encryption products

[Jim Choate]

On Wed, 24 May 2000, Eugene Leitl wrote:

> Rick Smith writes:
> 
> If NSA/MS are not doing it, they must be pretty stupid, because I'd do
> it in their place. The prudent assumption is hence: your online system 
> can't be completely trusted, whether OpenSource, or not. Encryption
> should be done in hardware.

Bull, the hardware companies aren't any more trustworthy.

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