Well I was just wondering what some of you guys think about this article. I found it to be very interesting and had some good questions that made be actually start to question certain things. I'm just wanting to see what you guys think. Hopefully it will start a good discussion among many of the members.

Questions :
Is providing computer security for large databases that collect information on us a real service?

How do you balance the individual's privacy vs. the corporations?

What has (the DES) taught us about what the government's (especially NSA's) role in cryptography should be?