1. If NSA has direct access to mail server, then SSL is not going to help you (all major tech companies deny this and there is no reason to question it) 2. If NSA has the private key then they can setup proxy and do men in the middle attack. 3. Or NSA can store the data first and then request for key to decrypt this later (They have the ability to store data up to 30 days apparently).
By the way, not sure any of you read the story about British Intelligence taps directly into fiber optic networks http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-cables-secret-world-communications-nsa That make you wonder why NSA calls its program "PRISM" On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]>wrote: > Why would SSL not be strong enough ? For the purpose of emails that is. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
