Cryptography May Not Be Dead, But It Is on Life Support

Re:Cryptography May Not Be Dead, But It Is on Life Support by valarauca1 on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @12:48PM (#7096879)

By this logic nothing is secret and nothing is safe, ever.

Horrible example. Crypto, like every other secret keeping method comes down to trust. Who, and what do you trust to keep your secret.

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Re:Cryptography May Not Be Dead, But It Is on Life Support by chris_mahan on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @01:56PM (#7097385)

You are correct: nothing is secret, nothing is safe. The governments can, at will, access any computer in the world, any file, and document. The only thing that stops them is the law, and as Snowden has shown, that's an oft ignored constraint.

So, one must assume that given enough interest, the governments will be able to compromise any system, and any data on these systems.

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