Security Experts Call For Boycott of RSA Conference In NSA Protest

Found on Slashdot on Friday, 10 January 2014
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Last month, it was revealed that RSA had accepted $10 million from the NSA to use a flawed default cipher in one of its encryption tools.

Jeffrey Carr, a security industry veteran who works in analyzing espionage and cyber warfare tactics, took his cancellation a step further calling for a boycott of the conference, saying that RSA had violated the trust of its customers.

More and more people are fed up with these dubious (and sometimes illegal) methods. The government cannot ignore this forever and needs to act.