NSA views encryption as evidence of suspicion and will target those who use it, security journalist says | VentureBeat | Security | by Tom Cheredar - Greenwald said the NSA is able to target encrypted communications because so few people actually use encryption tools. That makes the people who are actually trying to stay secure stick out like sore thumbs, thus making it much easier for the agency to focus its efforts on hacking the relatively small bits of encrypted data that they intercept.

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