http://mises.org/Community/blogs/crypto/archive/2007/11/15/did-the-nsa-put-a-backdoor-in-a-new-encryption-standard.aspxBecause the government is a major consumer of crypto products, government entities create or approve most of the encryption standards used in the industry. One of the key ingredients of crypto technology are random number generators. Getting random numbersenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://mises.org/Community/blogs/crypto/archive/2007/11/15/did-the-nsa-put-a-backdoor-in-a-new-encryption-standard.aspx#17824Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:42:39 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:17824Crypto-Autonomist<p>After 9/11, the U.S. government didn&amp;#39;t have much trouble blasting away any expectation of privacy</p> <img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=17824" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/crypto/archive/2007/11/15/did-the-nsa-put-a-backdoor-in-a-new-encryption-standard.aspx#17075Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:29:05 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:17075Crypto-Autonomist<p>After 9/11, the U.S. government didn&amp;#39;t have much trouble blasting away any expectation of privacy</p> <img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=17075" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/crypto/archive/2007/11/15/did-the-nsa-put-a-backdoor-in-a-new-encryption-standard.aspx#17073Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:26:46 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:17073Crypto-Autonomist<p>After 9/11, the U.S. government didn&amp;#39;t have much trouble blasting away any expectation of privacy</p> <img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=17073" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/crypto/archive/2007/11/15/did-the-nsa-put-a-backdoor-in-a-new-encryption-standard.aspx#17072Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:26:10 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:17072Crypto-Autonomist<p>After 9/11, the U.S. government didn&amp;#39;t have much trouble blasting away any expectation of privacy</p> <img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=17072" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/crypto/archive/2007/11/15/did-the-nsa-put-a-backdoor-in-a-new-encryption-standard.aspx#6783Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:09:17 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:6783Crypto-Autonomist<p>Various tech bloggers are reporting that Microsoft will include the NSA-recommended random algorithm</p> <img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6783" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/crypto/archive/2007/11/15/did-the-nsa-put-a-backdoor-in-a-new-encryption-standard.aspx#3589Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:36:23 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:3589MCLA<p>&lt;i&gt;&quot;Don't trust a security solution just because it is widely used or government approved.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;</p> <p>I would especially distrust a govt approved security solution.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3589" width="1" height="1">