-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ianG <[email protected]> writes:
> I personally believe that the NSA's policy that the good guys don't need > good crypto is the underlying root to the problem. A goodly portion if > not all. > Internally to the NSA this is known as 'the equity issue' or so I've heard. > In economic terms, the NSA imposes a sort of tobin tax on crypto which > results in a stupidity drag on all security, thus making it easier for > all to avoid doing good work. This is again the "world-class protracted human engineering", mentioned before in this forum. Kevin Wall goes on to describe some of its manifestations. It wouldn't be surprising if it's an identified function within NSA, maybe even with its own department. - -- -- StealthMonger <[email protected]> Long, random latency is part of the price of Internet anonymity. anonget: Is this anonymous browsing, or what? http://groups.google.ws/group/alt.privacy.anon-server/msg/073f34abb668df33?dmode=source&output=gplain stealthmail: Hide whether you're doing email, or when, or with whom. mailto:[email protected]?subject=send%20index.html Key: mailto:[email protected]?subject=send%20stealthmonger-key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.9 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iEYEARECAAYFAlFgaSMACgkQDkU5rhlDCl5RJQCgqBFg8AgdnRsIAc2b1EXSDl7H Zf4AnRxCbBFmun5Z1dngdTwoiQ6SLaMA =k+wT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
