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Warren Stupidity

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1. Much of what prism is doing is creating association databases.

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 10:06 PM

Jun 2013

Your network of acquaintances, not the content of your conversations. As such, encryption is useless. Speaking of which, the NSA stopped caring about public key encryption technology over 20 years ago, presumably because they no longer considered it a threat.

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Let's talk about encryption and security some more. [View all] Phillip McCleod Jun 2013 OP

Much of what prism is doing is creating association databases. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #1

encryption is useless against PRISM agreed.. which i mentioned. Phillip McCleod Jun 2013 #2

yes i know this, sad sally. Phillip McCleod Jun 2013 #3