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   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message , Hadron wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
   >   
   >> Why risk running [encryption] on a system that cannot be guaranteed to be   
   >> free of back doors?   
   >   
   > Surely thats WHERE you want encryption...   
      
   Not a good idea. Because encryption poorly implemented (e.g. on the wrong   
   side of an insecure trust boundary, as you’re proposing) is worse than no   
   encryption at all. Because it leads people into believing it’s worth   
   something, when it’s not.   
      
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