[liberationtech] Interesting Q&A

[Michael Azarkevich]

Why settle for "strong enough"? Use the strongest options you have at your
disposal.


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Helder Ribeiro <helder at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Richard Brooks <rrb at acm.org> wrote:
> >
> > From Guardian Q&A with Snowden
> >
> >
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower
> >
> > Is encrypting my email any good at defeating the NSA survelielance? Id
> > my data protected by standard encryption?
> >
> > Answer:
> >
> >     Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one
> > of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security
> > is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it.
>
> How strong is strong enough?
>
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