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Kerry Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Kerry Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Nov 2013 15:28:24 +0000
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6951/196/

http://globalnews.ca/news/834245/canada-played-central-role-in-nsa-attempt-to-crack-secure-web-data/

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/government-announces-steps-to-restore-confidence-on-encryption-standards/?_r=0

CSEC helped the NSA to rewrite encryption standards.

Kerry Brown

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From: McTim [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 6:57 AM
To: Kerry Brown
Cc: NCSG-DISCUSS
Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Sign-On Statement regarding the 2014 Internet Governance Summit in Brazil

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Kerry Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I think we are ignoring what for me is the most important point in this affair. The fact that governments spy is a given. While it is important that civil society ensures there is oversight I don't think we will stop governments from spying. For me the far more important revelation from Snowden is the fact that the US government, with help from my government - Canada, has actively suborned the multistakeholder process to alter the protocols used everyday on the Internet to make them susceptible to attack. That is unacceptable.


It would be if it were true, can you substantiate this?

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Cheers,

McTim
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route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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