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"Dave DeWalt, CEO of security firm Mandiant, a participant in

Friday's summit, hopes that fear of privacy invasion won't get in the way

of the work that needs to get done. He pointed to the way the way public

backlash to government surveillance programs revealed by former NSA

contractor Edward Snowden stymied previous efforts to effectively open

the lines of communication.<br><br>

"This balance between privacy and security ebbs and flows and

unfortunately that was a huge setback -- a setback to the tune of several

years," he said.<br><br>

via cypherpunks<br><br>

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