1 posted on
10/13/2011 4:22:29 PM PDT by
FritzG
To: FritzG
I thought this might be about J. Edgar Hoover.
To: FritzG
Unfortunately for the FBI, computers have compilers. You can code your own secure software, and be sure it doesn’t have any back doors. All the bad guys do this already.
To: CodeToad; Myrddin; Squantos; hiredhand
This has me musing upon the Blackberry outages. I've read that govts hate Blackberry because it is inherently harder to intercept. I wonder if their accidental outages had any help? A few outages might convince folks to give up the platform.
6 posted on
10/13/2011 5:54:59 PM PDT by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: FritzG
It would be monumentally foolish for any company to agree to allow a “back door” into any application or OS. It’s just a non-starter.
9 posted on
10/13/2011 7:04:27 PM PDT by
Ramius
(personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: FritzG
Schneier has good security credentials. He's one of the best crypto people in the business.
11 posted on
10/13/2011 7:55:26 PM PDT by
Myrddin
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