by Scott Creighton
Is the encryption software you bought and use safe? Is it secure? In a word... no.
'The Clinton administration noted in a 1995 background congressional briefing that "Americans have no constitutional right to choose their own method of encryption" and pushed for legislation that would require companies to build in a mechanism for law enforcement agencies to break in.
"We're in favor of strong encryption, robust encryption," then FBI Director
Louis J. Freeh said at a May 11, 1995, Senate hearing. "We just want to make sure we have a trap door and a key under some judge's authority where we can get there if somebody is planning a crime." Reason Jim Epstein 2020
The U.S. government used encryption services to overthrow or monitor countries for decades. In some cases they set up whole companies with encryption services to peddle to nation states with built-in back-doors for them to be able to read state secrets of allies and foes alike. The 5 Eyes program at it's very best.