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On 2007-01-16, Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> __/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Tuesday 16 January 2007 12:43 \__
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>> on Jan 15 2007 21:10 Rex Ballard wrote:
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>>> You would probably have to go back to Visicalc ..
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>> Do you have any reference or citation for the NSA getting PGP modified
>> ..
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> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/3884f5d59e7e45c3?hl=en&;
>
> Yes, I'd still like to know about this myself. PGP is heavility used in
> transimission protocols which are supposedly secure.
This is the old "can the spooks do this?" routine. The reality is that we have
no idea what the various shadow organizations can do and what they can't or
for that matter, to what degree they even take an interest in any given
data or person(s). The big one used to be if blowfish and twofish remain uncracked
and secure against intrusion by these organizations. Who knows? Are they going to
tell? No. We can make educated guesses based on what we think we know. The creator
of blowfish now emphasizes *access* security and secure *habits*. This is because the
real question is not how secure is your encryption, but what is it that you are
willing to devote to encryption, and who has access to the encrypted data.
The other obvious point is, do they care? Homeland security might peek at
email on a random basis, but do they monitor your IP address? Unless you have
some red flags attached to your person, probably not.
GPG is a great application of crypto. It's strong encryption, and fits most
needs just fine. If you are concerned about using it to send very sensitive
data across the internet, Don't do it. There are other tools for getting your
information to others securely.
Best regards,
Mateus
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