Re: "Once We Squeeze All We Can Out of the United States, It Can Dry Up and Blow Away."

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Jeffrey F. Bloss wrote:
> Ari Silversteinn wrote:
>
> > Everything. Ever been to a NSA closed session?
>
> Oh puuuuuhlease... if you're going to continue to straw grab and rewrite the
> scenarios to fit your arguments, we can end the whole debate right now.
> Nobody's discussing proprietary, military level coding here Ari, except
> maybe you.
>
> Do you wonder why that might be?

(joining late so I'll just reply to you Jeff :-) ... )

I always laugh at the "oh the NSA can crack like the shiznit!"...

First off, the US government and it's contractors use things like
Linux, GnuPG and yes ... even libtomcrypt on a regular basis. The idea
that they're way beyond us is ludicrous. Military grade crypto == AES.
 Get over it.

***THEY BUY THEIR MACHINES FROM DELL*** for crying out loud.

The only secret the NSA holds tightly is how to milk a sweet spot for
all it's worth. People are willing to pay for it because they are led
to believe they do "important" things to make "your world safer".

Tom
Received on Thu Sep 29 21:56:40 2005