[Cryptography] Cryptography is not a science currently

[coderman]

On 12/6/15, Ryan Carboni <ryacko at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>  Chomsky says that control is achieved through manipulating attitudes and
> opinions.

there is a parable, of the frog and the boiling pot...

;)



> Erm... it's possible to learn by watching enough CCC videos of
> presentations to know all about the NSA and other five eyes intelligence.

you know this is a rough and obscured vision. remember retro reflectors?



> The logistics of it is impossible to hide. They have satellites next to
> satellites to intercept data. The FBI has thirty thousand employees (and
> operates DITU). The NSA has five times the budget and same number of
> employees. The CIA has seven times the budget and twenty thousand
> employees. This is just the US, the rest of Five Eyes puts in their fair
> share as well.

this adds value to the leak trove; as reconstruction through evidence
can be perfected based on observed and leaked details.

there was a thread, last year. "datamine the snowden files"
 still a good idea, but not too many want to touch it? hmmm.
  ( see also, federal grants and publicly funded libraries and edus)



> To ensure staying on the topic of cryptography, how many cryptographers do
> you think there are? Given the discovery of high level spies within
> intelligence agencies (Redl, Ames, Hanssen), how could cryptographers hope
> to assure security if the top spies can't? It has been alleged that
> activist groups had been penetrated and the course of discussion
> manipulated. If one million dollars per year is spent towards manipulating
> cryptography, how would you think it would be used?

how many cryptographers are working alone, in secret?
that becomes an interesting question :)



> The only secure place is your brain...

you're a lucky one, forever devoid of mental illness, then?

congrats! and best regards,