[zeugma]

If you read the entire report you'll see that they don't actually 'break' the codes. i.e., they have no way to break a random GPG/PGP encrypted message. What they are doing is subverting protocols and putting in back doors. Look up "crypto-ag", and you'll find a really good historical example of same.

Check out this article by Bruce Schneier.

[shego]

If you read the entire report you'll see that they don't actually 'break' the codes. i.e., they have no way to break a random GPG/PGP encrypted message. What they are doing is subverting protocols and putting in back doors. Look up "crypto-ag", and you'll find a really good historical example of same.
Check out this article by Bruce Schneier.

In addition to the damage they've done directly by weakining Internet security, they'd done a huge amount of indirect economic damage -- nobody will be able to trust any American-sourced security products (unless they're fully open-sourced) for a long time, if ever. That is going to cost the tech sector billions of dollars.

[TChad]

Check out this article by Bruce Schneier.

Thanks for that link. Schneier is usually good.