February 11, 2016.
By B. Schneier, K. Seidel, S. Vijayakumar
Today I released my worldwide survey of encryption products.
The findings of this survey identified 619 entities that sell encryption products. Of those 412, or two-thirds, are outside the U.S.-calling into question the efficacy of any US mandates forcing backdoors for law-enforcement access. It also showed that anyone who wants to avoid US surveillance has over 567 competing products to choose from. These foreign products offer a wide variety of secure applications -- voice encryption, text message encryption, file encryption, network-traffic encryption, anonymous currency -- providing the same levels of security as US products do today.
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Good article and stats on this issue important to know where we stand
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