On 05/25/2012 08:19 PM, Jon Callas wrote:
> My money would be on a combination of traffic analysis and targeted malware. 
> We know that the Germans have been pioneering using targeted malware against 
> Skype. Once you've done that, you can pick apart anything else. Just a simple 
> matter of coding.
> 

+1. The original German PDF states with just one vaguely evasive sentence "yes,
but depends on type and quality". Also German law enforcement is known for
sleight-of-hand such as installing malware while computer is "inspected by 
customs".

Another possibility is that an IT guy "didn't want to disappoint", thus the
answer is "what they wanted to hear" while also technically true for PGP/GPG in
symmetric mode with weak password and SSH password bruteforcing.

(A friend would probably say: "I bet it's Bavaria behind this again" ;-) )

Ondrej

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