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join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | said by russotto:Encryption buys you one other thing besides a delay: It means that if they want _you_, they have to go after _you_ specifically. They can't just cast a wide net and bring in all the fishies they can find. Or... They run their keyword searches on the clear text transmissions, and then toss all the encrypted things into the crypto shredders because "hey, if it's encoded, there's gotta be a reason".
Now, they might not do that for 100% of the data that passes over the internet, but, if an agency NSL'ed an ISP for a weeks worth of data, they could shred it fairly quickly to decide if they DID want to go after you specifically.
Basically, it's a crap shoot.
-tom
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