encryption technology (was : Re: OT?: Legal question about p2p)

[Technomage]

On Tuesday 31 May 2005 19:47, Mike Hoy wrote:
> > hopefully, that answers a question or 2.
>
> yes it does.
>
> > mind you, I may have simplified this problem too far, but its been a bad
> > habit of mine (of late) to try and keep things as simple as possible.
>
> simple is good.
>
> BTW, since we're on the topic of government and encryption: is there any
> chance that aes or blowfish are involved in escrow keys with the nsa or
> cia to help thwart terrorist encrypted emails? In other words should we
> assume that our government can easily crack our encryption(other than
> brute force on the passwords)?
>
I always assume yes when it comes to the government "having the keys to the 
kingdom" unless otherwise noted.

TMH