On 20-12-2013 16:03, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > There has been a major development in the U.S. regarding government > surveillance. Y'all might enjoy reading the following link. > > http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/19/white-house-says-its-open-45-panels-proposed-46-ns/ > > Notably for us (but not mentioned in the news article), the commission > recommended intelligence agencies not be allowed to weaken encryption > standards.
How major is this? The intelligence agencies seem to be out of control, not only in the US. I just read this as "they are not allowed to OPENLY weaken encryption standards and if we cath them someone may be scapegoaded". -- ir. J.C.A. Wevers PGP/GPG public keys at http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/pgpkeys.html _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
