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   Verily I say unto thee, that Lawrence D'Oliveiro spake thusly:   
   > In message , Hadron wrote:   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Aha more word games.   
   >>   
   >> So lets dig beneath all that waffle : you are effectively saying   
   >> encryption is worthless.   
      
   No Numb-nuts, he's saying the platform it's running on is worthless.   
      
   > Where did I say that?   
      
   You didn't. "Hadron" just has "comprehension issues".   
      
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