re once tapped your code is no good any more in article elee sf apr menudo menudo uh edu elee sf menudo menudo uh edu karl barrus writes would you trust a black box from the nsa versus an open system from elsewhere absolutely if i were assured by someone i trusted that the black box was more secure i have nothing to conceal from the government but i would like to be sure that any russian japanese french or other competitors for my services can t read my traffic i d like to be sure that competitive bid information was safe from commercial competitors and foreign governments which would aid them i believe the nsa has identical motivations with respect to my activities the president and many other senior government officials have made it very clear that they share these motivations thus i d trust them on the coincidence of interests argument as well as on a basic trust in their professionalism and a high confidence in their skills david david sternlight great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of our information errors and omissions excepted
