Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA loves it when you use PGP
Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Sun, 31 January 2016 19:03 UTC
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Subject: Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA loves it when you use PGP
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On 1/31/2016 10:53 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: > Given that much > SMTP is now transmitted over TLS, I think the opportunity > for the likes of NSA to record all the PGP ciphertext has > to be have been significantly diminished. This depends on the degree of cooperation they get from operators, since TLS is only for one hop and the messages is in the clear at any SMTP-level transit points. d/
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Hugo Connery
- [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA loves … Dave Crocker
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Stephen Farrell
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Matthijs R. Koot
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Nicholas Weaver
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Robin Wilton
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Stephen Farrell
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Dave Crocker
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Stephen Farrell
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Paul Kyzivat
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Hugo Maxwell Connery
- Re: [perpass] Cops hate encryption but the NSA lo… Paul Wouters