Originally Posted by Jimmie76
Go for PGP if you want to stop almost everyone being able to read your mail. I was told by someone I trust, that the USG had only relaxed the encryption export laws when they had managed to figure a way of breaking most stuff easily. Although I wouldn't take this as fact, I don't see much reason to doubt it, I believe in theory that it could be done, using/compromising the OS on which the encryption software runs.
I'm researching that myself. But I don't think USG has control on this or the breaking of PGP code. I do understand that they have consulted with Zimmerman on developing similar code for themselves. But I think it is like the Enigma machine in that if the cams are different in each machine, then you have to have a machine with the same cams, otherwise decrypting is not possible [I remember this from reading UK Brig. Ronald Lewin's books]
Anyway, I'm not worried about USG as much as I am about general theft and business type snoopers.
M8