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I don't see why would any Non-American company would accept any of their thoughts/designs after their sneaky backdoor prng.



They shouldn't, but at the same time, these non-American companies should at least be honest about why they're rejecting the NSA's thoughts/designs rather than hype up some vapid fear of a backdoor.

Slap NSA's hand for being abusive to the privacy of everyone, including their own citizens? We need more of that.


The back door prng wasn't all that sneaky? I would assess "don't look behind the curtain" and "nothing up my sleeves because I'm not wearing sleeves" quite differently.


So true. How about the credibility of RSA.

They should be going out of business because all their customers left in droves.

But they didn't and RSA is still an esteemed security company.

What happened when Juniper firewalls were outed by Snowden. Did we ever hear the name of the employee who backdoored their product?

Surely they use revision control and can tell who contributed what. I have to wonder if the NSA mole still works there too. Zero transparency from these "Security Companies".


What or who are the trusted entities whose thoughts or designs are acceptable?

Casting political problems against technical problems is a tough endeavor.


Because we live in a global economy where non-American companies sometimes have the US government as their customer.




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