In this oped in the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance
Bruce Schneier writes: "Prefer symmetric cryptography over public-key
cryptography." The only reason I can think of is that for public key crypto you
typically use an American (and thus subverted) CA to get the recipients public
key.
What other reasons could there be for this advice?
Best,
Jaap-Henk
(I apologise for typos and being terse; this mail was written on an iPad)
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Jaap-Henk Hoepman
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Dept. of Computer Science
Radboud University Nijmegen
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