[Crypto-chi] NSA wants front door access to our crypto

[Freddy Martinez]

"Front door" access is an Orwellian rebranding of what they want: key
escrow. All that rebranding of front door or back door is just public
relations.

Multi sig keys (like one shared with the NSA and another shared with a
benevolent three letter agency -- maybe the FBI) is a blatant lie. Three
letter agencies "launder" tips they received and share them with each other
and keep it out of court records (so called parallel construction.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/07/dea-bulk-telephone-surveillance-operation/70808616/).
There is no reason to trust these proposals. (Here's a prediction, the NSA
will just steal the keys they don't have).

Anyways nobody should listen to these guys or take their ideas seriously.

Freddy
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:26 PM joe fuentes <joseph.fuentes at live.com>
wrote:

> hello All,
>
> Looks like those dastardly fellows at the NSA are up to their old antics
> again.  Seems like our crypto is getting too good for them. This time they
> are proposing a "solution" that will give them undeniable access to all
> communications between 2 entities.  It concerns a master key which can
> unlock any device. Even the NIST under the aegis of the US Dept of Commerce
> thinks it's a bad idea.  Me too! I think it's no good.
> Here read all about it.  In the meantime, let's keep protecting our
> privacy with strong crypto.
>
> Any thoughts on this?
>
>
> https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/04/13/the-nsa-wants-a-multi-part-encryption-key-for-front-door-access-to-your-data/
>
> -Joe
>
>
>
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