NSA Director Admits that Sharing Encryption Keys With the Government Leaves Us Vulnerable to Bad Guys

NSA Director Admits that Sharing Encryption Keys With the Government Leaves Us Vulnerable to Bad Guys:

 US Senator Ron Wyden asked the new NSA boss – General Mike Rogers – at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing today:

As a general matter, is it correct that anytime there are copies of an encryption key — and they exist in multiple places — that also creates more opportunities for malicious actors or foreign hackers to get access to the keys?”

NSA chief Rogers replied:

[It] depends on the circumstances, but if you want to paint it very broadly like that for a yes and no, then I would probably say yes.

Here’s the exchange.

Background here. More.

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