The company Thycotic Software conducted a survey at the recent RSA Conference to find out what attendees thought about the NSA's spying activities. The Results should concern us, as less than half of those surveyed believe the NSA has overstepped its bounds with domestic surveillance.
Shortly after news leaked that RSA was using “teased” generator τυχαίων αλγόριθμων για να έχει access and 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.
21% of those who do not believe the NSA has overstepped its bounds in spying on US citizens believe the government must monitor communications to protect the country from terrorist activities. 31% have the opposite view, claiming they have nothing to hide but are concerned about their privacy being exposed.
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!
