Slashdot: John Gilmore Analyzes NSA Obstruction of Crypto In IPSEC

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>

| http://www.itworldcanada.com/post/data-still-safer-with-encryption-experts?sub=146611&utm_source=146611&utm_medium=dailyitwire&utm_campaign=enews

Lots of comforting words, many unproveable.

It is easy to prove the presence of bugs, but not their absence.
Ditto for crypto weaknesses.

He makes absolute claims for strength which cannot be justified.

For what it's worth, I seem to remember that, for US citizens, broken
crypto is worse than no crypto since encrypted communications can be
legally stored by the NSA for many years while unencrypted messages
cannot.

As Canadians, we have no privacy rights with the NSA.
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