[Cryptography] And it goes on...

[Perry E. Metzger]

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:15:20 -0500 "Perry E. Metzger"
<perry at piermont.com> wrote:
> I'm listening to a purported security "expert" (a professor at
> Georgetown named Bruce Hoffman) explaining on NPR's Weekend Morning
> Edition that the Paris attacks were possible because of encryption.

Link to the story:

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/28/457672571/what-information-do-intelligence-agencies-need-to-keep-u-s-safe

> 
> Scott Simon also fed him a question about whether this was all
> because of Edward Snowden, which Prof. Hoffman of course ran with.
> 
> This "expert" is also claiming that there are diminished resources
> these days for the anti-terrorism agencies (which is of course the
> opposite of true.)
> 
> No attempt is being made to probe whether any of his claims are
> correct. No actual communications security expert was brought in as
> a counterpoint.
> 
> Perry



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