The Presidential Commission

[Johan Wevers]

On 20-12-2013 16:03, Robert J. Hansen wrote:

> There has been a major development in the U.S. regarding government
> surveillance.  Y'all might enjoy reading the following link.
> 
> http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/19/white-house-says-its-open-45-panels-proposed-46-ns/
> 
> Notably for us (but not mentioned in the news article), the commission
> recommended intelligence agencies not be allowed to weaken encryption
> standards.

How major is this? The intelligence agencies seem to be out of control,
not only in the US. I just read this as "they are not allowed to OPENLY
weaken encryption standards and if we cath them someone may be scapegoaded".

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ir. J.C.A. Wevers
PGP/GPG public keys at http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/pgpkeys.html