Obama, like Bush, will search your laptop/cell phone/camera without any suspicion

I doubt they could crack 1024bit key.

 

In theory, that should protect you in the US. I'm not holding my breath.

 

You are welcome to doubt all you want, but with the computing power the NSA has, 1024 bit security would be cracked like the Liberty Bell.

 

I highly, highly doubt this.

 

I wouldn't doubt anything when it comes to the NSA....

 

The list of things the NSA CAN'T do with regards to compromising data security is incredibly short. Breaking truly strong (1024 bit or better) encryption might take some time for them, but it would be a question of when, not if.

 

To be fair to Obama he has probably become aware or many things as President that he wasn't as a candidate. Also as president he is probably finding his responsibilities greatly magnified along with what sort of feedback he is getting.

In regard to the constitutionality of these searches at airports this is a grey area. Flying is not a right and if you don't want to be searched you can choose to not fly. For that matter I don't think the TSA can arrest you for not consenting to a search but can just keep you from flying.

Again not saying I agree with these policies but that there might not be a constitutional argument in regard to them.

 

I'll go with the crowd saying a strong encryption can't realistically be broken, no matter how shadowy the NSA may be. We talked about it at length in this thread which, incidentally, has probably a lot more to do with why the government wants the right to search computers than anything to do with intellectual property.

As far as Obama's about-face, I see no reason to be understanding about any revelations he may have had upon winning office. I accorded Bush no such understanding. We have a Bill of Rights for a reason, and it should not be up to him to decide there are other things that are more important. Respect the Constitution or GTFO.