On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:19 AM, patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Felipe Alfaro Solana > <felipe.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Obiozor Okeke >> <obiozorok...@yahoo.com>wrote: >> >>> From Network World: >>> >>> NSA helped with Windows 7 development >>> Privacy expert voices 'backdoor' concerns, security researchers dismiss >>> idea >>> By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 11/18/2009 >>> >> >> Why would NSA need backdoors when they have a front-door via DHS, national >> security and things like that? > > Same reason there exist unconstitutional congressional acts/bills that > allow for secret torture prisons, detention of persons without due > process, complete bypassing of fouth and sixth amendments, voiding of > the Posse Comitatus Act, etc. etc. ... naive voters like you are the > reason we are in this shithole right now. > > --patrick > >
The NSA's mandate is to protect American computer systems from attack. It's perfectly reasonable to believe their contributions are honest and legitimate. Note that the NSA's work on DES, which was rumored to have been backdoored by them, actually proved to strengthen it against differential cryptanalysis.
