Michael Lazin on 17 Sep 2013 11:35:19 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] encryption

While the latest releases about the NSA's attempts to break/backdoor encryption are non-specific, PGP and GPG are open source so a back door if it existed would quickly be discovered by analyzing the source code.  I'd see

http://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/pgp-faq/pgp-faq-security-questions.html#security-backdoor-nsa


I am not a cryptography expert, but from what I understand the about the algorithms involved is it would take a very long time and a lot of computing power to break gpg.  I'm not saying that the NSA is not doing that right now, they probably are, but for the time being I believe gpg and pgp are still relatively safe.  I'd just keep in mind the revelation in Glenn Greenwalds story that using encrpytion does attract attention to oneself from the NSA.  I'm not saying don't use encryption, by all means use it, but be aware that they might be keeping it for when it can be exploited at a later date or simply bruteforce it over time. 


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Stewart Lone <v592653589793238@verizon.net> wrote:
Is PGP secure against the NSA vacuum?















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