The company Thycotic Software conducted a survey at the recent RSA Conference to find out what the participants thought about NSA's spy actions. The results should be worrying for us, as fewer than half of those who took part in the survey believe the NSA has exceeded the limits with domestic surveillance.
Shortly after the news broke that the RSA was using a "tampered" generator of random algorithms to access the NSA that had given her access to BSAFE encryption libraries for 10 million dollars, some experts and business have decided to cancel their partnerships with the company.
However, the RSA Conference made a record of the number of participants after seeing 28,500 people. This is no surprise if we look at the results of the Thycotic survey, says Softpedia.
Of the 341 participants in the conference surveyed by the company, only 48% believes the information service has exceeded its limits by spying on US citizens. Many security experts believe that the NSA's actions are necessary for cyber defense.
A 21% of those who do not believe the NSA has exceeded its limits by spying on US citizens believe the government should monitor communications to protect the country from terrorist activities. A 31% have a contrary view, claiming they have nothing to hide, but are worried about their private exposure.
The list of those who have canceled their agreements with RSA and did not attend the 2014 conference includes OWASP, Mikko Hypponen, Chris Palmer, Christopher Soghoian, Marcia Hoffman, Alex Fowler, Josh Thomas and Jeffrey Carr.
The issue takes on other dimensions if one considers that after the revelations of Edward Snowden last year, serious concerns began to be expressed from all over the world, or rather from the "ordinary" world. At the same time, security scientists and researchers with privileged positions in sensitive systems seem to agree and accept the NSA, so much so that they probably consider it necessary!
