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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. Strange by jfdavis668 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I work for the government, and we use commercial products to encrypt most everything.

  2. Re:Utter BS, trust no-one, including you. by Seumas · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'll trust a dude with a beard on a bike with leather long before I'll trust a pig in a car with a donut or any other civil servant. Granted, that is not saying a lot.