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		ge0rg on Dec 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pio... That article is merely one piece of information in a long chain (Echelon, the Snowden revelations, Lavabit), and all of them add up to the conclusion that you better not trust any US-based/originated IT security system.

michaelcampbell on Dec 21, 2013 [–]

> any US-based/originated IT security system

Perhaps, but the poster to which I replied said any US company, period. Could be he meant what you meant, but that's not what he said.

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