Re: [PLUG] encryption

NSA openly admits one of the goals of its new huge utah data center is to be able to crack 256 bit AES. I gotta imagine PGP is on that hitlist too : http://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center/

From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of Art Alexion
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Subject: Re: [PLUG] encryption

Most of the commercial products are not. My understanding is that the mere fact of encryption gets their attention.

Interesting question: Our company is required, by a number of government agencies, to encrypt communications for HIPAA compliance. Philadelphia CBH uses PGP; the rest don't care which. We use a less robust SPX system for those because it was the best compromise which I could find between security and ease of use (because sender and recipient buy in is most essential). I am sure there is some back door for not only the NSA, but other government agencies. So what does that say about the efficacy of HIPAA?

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On Sep 17, 2013, at 2:34 PM, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:

On 09/17/2013 02:16 PM, Stewart Lone wrote:

Is PGP secure against the NSA vacuum?

My understanding is that, while it is secure at present, the use of it raises a flag and may cause the data to be held for eventual viewing.

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