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Inside PRISM: Why the Government Hates Encryption

Posted by timothy on from the they-hate-envelopes-too dept.

Lauren Weinstein writes "Now, what's really going on with PRISM? The government admits that the program exists, but says it is being 'mischaracterized' in significant ways (always a risk with secret projects sucking up information about your citizens' personal lives). The Internet firms named in the leaked documents are denying that they have provided 'back doors' to the government for data access. Who is telling the truth? Likely both. Based on previous information and the new leaks, we can make some pretty logical guesses about the actual shape of all this. Here's my take."

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  1. Re:it just occurred to me by ebno-10db · · Score: 4, Funny

    On the eve of Obama's meeting with President Jinping, any conversations about Chinese espionage is going to be quite embarrassing.

    That's it! The Chinese found out about this through their hacking, and leaked it to the press to avoid complaints about their hacking. Is there anything like a Pulitzer Prize for conspiracy theories?

  2. Most obvious: by fyngyrz · · Score: 4, Funny

    A front door is not, after all, a back door.

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    1. Re:Most obvious: by fyngyrz · · Score: 4, Funny

      And then she said "Oh... OH!... So that's why people do this!

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