Re: [tlug] Good Overview Of What Is Still Secure?

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On 2013-09-08 22:40, Darren Cook wrote:
> Just reading [1] on how the NSA/GHCQ have backdoors in HTTPS and
> commercial VPNs. That article was a bit sparse on clear technical
> information; is it too smug to think that, as someone using open 
> source
> software almost completely, this is Somebody Else's Problem?

Would leave two contextual points here.

1) Nothing knew on what's been said and done lately. I think the 
meaning of the reports as of now is to point to this sheer amount of 
power being abused by government, a.k.a "government-out-of-control" 
(being used for commercial advantages as opposed to security intel, etc)

2) There is a big difference between their theoretical capabilities, 
under "lab conditions" so to speak and their "real world success 
stories".

Anyway, any comments on this will always be speculative as nobody has 
the full picture.

Thank you.