Jeff Moden (12/14/2013)
I absolutely agree with the concept of encrypting everything in transit but...Why does it seem that it always comes back to this recent bloody NSA thing? Where the hell have people been? It's not likely that organizations like the NSA are going to do anything with your data that would actually cause harm to the company (well, unless the company is doing something illegal).
The NSA is a government agency. Government agencies answer to the president and congress. The current administration has used the IRS to attack the Tea Party, previous administrations on both sides have used the IRS and other agencies to attack their enemies.
Companies get attacked frequently because of the political opinions of the owners or management. I do not believe that it is at all a stretch to say that various administrations in the past, and certainly the future, have and will use anything they can to silence opposition. The NSA has ADMITTED it is using personal preferences such as sexual orientation, sexual habits and other data to attack the leaders of various organizations. How long before they use that information to attack CEOs? I would bet it is already happening.
I respect your opinion on this, and I would hope you are correct that the likelihood is low, but recent evidence indicates you may not be.
Dave