[nycbug-talk] Hot Story: German Gov. intelligence agencies decrypt PGP, SSH

[Isaac (.ike) Levy]

Hi All,

To throw a little chicken little into what is otherwise a beautiful weekend,

A google translation says:
"The federal government declared that its secret services were basically able to decrypt PGP and Secure Shell, at least partially."

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http://www.golem.de/news/bundesregierung-deutsche-geheimdienste-koennen-pgp-entschluesseln-1205-92031.html

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Apparently, GnuPG list and others merely have links to this article, I haven't found anything more except links to this vague original article.

Thoughts?  Is tomorrow morning's commute to work going to look like that new Brad Pitt movie, *or*, are we looking at a dopey expose of well-known widespread worst-practices in cryptographic misunderstandings?

Best,
.ike