Re: PRISM: NSA/FBI Internet data mining project

[Matthew Petach <mpetach () netflight com>]

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Jimmy Hess <mysidia () gmail com> wrote:

> On 6/7/13, Måns Nilsson <mansaxel () besserwisser org> wrote:
> > Subject: Re: PRISM: NSA/FBI Internet data mining project Date: Fri, Jun
> 07,
> > 2013 at 12:25:35AM -0500 Quoting jamie rishaw (j () arpa com):
> > > <tinfoilhat>
> > > Just wait until we find out dark and lit private fiber is getting
> > > vampired.
> > > </tinfoilhat>
> > I'm not even assuming it, I'm convinced. In Sweden, we have a law,
> > that makes what NSA/FBI did illegal while at the same time legalising,
>
> Perhaps  strong crypto should be implemented on transceivers  at each
> end of every link,  so users could be protected from that without
> having to implement the crypto themselves at the application layer? :)

Would you really trust "crypto" applied by someone else on your behalf?

"sure, your data's safe--I triple rot-13'd it myself!"  ;P

Matt