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Non-US encryption is 'theoretical,' claims CIA chief in backdoor debate

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What is he actually saying

We need to look at what he is actually saying before we get all excited. Consider the following.

The US spying agencies, including the internal ones, want to be able to have backdoors in anything that they look at.

The US political establishment likes that idea.

The US tech industry says that idea is a no no.

The US tech industry actively sticks it to the man.

Now we have a guy the really really wants to be able to look at everyone's communication so he comes up with an idea.

If no one else can do the encryption as well as the US then the US tech industry does not have to worry about losing sales if the put in the required backdoors because no one else can do encryption like they can.

What he is saying is what he hopes the tech industry and people will believe and thus approve the introduction of backdoors or watered down encryption.

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