Re: "Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages"

>>> I don't understand why a closed implementation of an API for encrypted
>>> media
>>> helps the NSA get metadata about users emails and phone calls.
>>>
>> Are you kidding us? A closed implementation of WHATEVER can host
>> anything inside it,
>
>
> Sure I understand that part, but that appears to be related to the fact that
> certain companies ship closed code and has nothing to do with the specifics
> of EME.
>
Ok, it's true, it's not an EME issue but CDM developer companies
issue, but the point is it's not a good idea to hold on a public
(open!) specification such a security hole...


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monton de sitios diferentes, simplemente escribe un sistema operativo
Unix."
– Linus Tordvals, creador del sistema operativo Linux

Received on Thursday, 11 July 2013 19:54:43 UTC