I first found some FUD on Yahoo and decided to search for the technical write-up which I found on Dark Reading (http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/perimeter/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222600993).  I also found Tom Cross' white paper (http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-10/Cross_Tom/BlackHat-DC-2010-Cross-Attacking-LawfulI-Intercept-wp.pdf) and PDF presentation (http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-10/Cross_Tom/BlackHat-DC-2010-Cross-Attacking-LawfulI-Intercept-slides.pdf) from Black Hat this week.

Honestly, I do not believe that these back doors need to exist.  Let law enforcement agencies obtain data the old fashion way, through a warrant.

What say you?

I may not be considering the big picture properly, but I would have to agree.  I am not sure why the backdoors are necessary.   Like unsupported said, a warrant will get you access to the webmail account.   To me, backdoors are always an afterthought or an oversight in any piece of software.   They are never properly considered during security implementation.

Perfect.

Don

Or how about this article by Roger Grimes "Chinese government is innocent of cyber-attacks until proven guilty":

http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/chinese-government-innocent-cyber-attacks-until-proven-guilty-994

Don