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[ NNSquad ] Encryption snake oil salesmen are out in force trying to leverage surveillance fears 

Encryption snake oil salesmen are out in force trying to leverage
surveillance fears

http://j.mp/1j0NqtJ  (AP / WTHI-TV)

     "Every time a situation like this erupts you're going to have a frenzy
      of snake oil sellers who are going to throw their products into the
      street," says Carson Sweet, CEO of San Francisco-based data storage
      security firm CloudPassage. "It's quite a quandary for the consumer."

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Again, the point of opportunistic, pervasive encryption isn't to stop
targeted surveillance, but rather to make mass surveillance -- which
tends to mostly involve the communications of innocent parties -- so
time consuming and expensive so as to discourage its use.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
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