Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Inter-espionage

USA needs a better security algorithm. Or else the security organization will be a threat against security. We see it already at Guantanamo Bay. Some of the inmates are locked in there not because of own mistakes, but because of mistakes made by the American authorities. Guantanamo is special in being so public. The number of inmates is known. When an organization like NSA makes similar mistakes it is likely to pass without notice. Only the victims will know. NSA like any organization is open to mistakes. Information can be misused by individual employees. They can do it in secret. But what will happen if the organization finds out? Most likely is that the organization guards its own secrecy first and foremost. Rather than admit a mistake the organization will hide it and thus support the criminal activity of the employee. The old question: “Who is watching the watcher?” is more relevant than ever. If NSA is a global watchdog, the NSA needs a bigger and more vigilant internal watchdog than anything already existing. It can be described as a new generation in security. It is not counter-espionage but inter-espionage.

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