Tim wrote:
And I have to wonder just how safe/untraceable SafeWeb is. If it's safe enough to protect Chinese dissidents against torture and execution, then it's safe enough to protect freedom fighters in America, Ireland, and ZOG-Occupied Palestine. <--(??) On the other hand, maybe it's got a "Chinese bit," a Chinese trap door. After all, if it were truly safe/untraceable, with good crypto, then that same system could and would be used by Chinese apparatchniks (whatever the spelling) and PLA officers. The CIA wouldn't want that, now would they?
I've heard that In-Q-Tel found a lot of technology they were interested in acquiring that they had to turn down solely because a foreigner was involved in developing it. Just as vigilant as they ever were, "private venture capital" notwithstanding. Of course it has a trap door, that's probably the whole point of getting it over there in the first place. And by the way, if you're going to question SafeWeb for cooperating with CIA, you might as well criticize ZeroKnowledge for selling a boatload of the Freedom beta to the NSA in 1999 as well. What did they think they wanted it for, farting around on Usenet? I bet they had that sucker reverse-engineered and compromised in two minutes flat. Stands to reason. I wouldn't trust either of them with anything significant. ~Faustine.