“So your point is that “most...publicly available encryption tools” that are not easily decrypted are expensive? Do I have that correct? If so, what would be the cost of a safe private encryption program that takes time to break?”
No, most (read all) publicly available encryption programs are fine for normal everyday use. PGP is pretty cheap and will defeat most anyone except the USG, Chinese, or Russians.
All (that I know of) programs are most likely compromised by the USG and have backdoors built into them that only USG can use. There have been numerous public stories about this. The govt does not like people having secrets they cannot access.
Straight encryption using random numbers is not that secure. Encryption algorithms are used in conjunction with a random number to make it much more difficult. The longer the key the more secure it will be. All currently known encryption algorithms have been broken. It can take a lot of processing power and time but then sometimes it won’t take all that long. I know several Chinese nationals who work at a major US bank that break 3DES encryption for fun.
“However, just ask the owner of this forum (JR)to verify my bona fides”
This is a public forum full of people DHS considers a threat because most of us are conservatives and don’t support the current administration.
As an aside the Chinese installed modified chips which were used in networking equipment. These chips provided them a hidden connection into any network using that equipment. The most well known was Cisco and the hardware ended up in major US companies and govt agencies.
No problem if you don't want to open yourself to scrutinization. Just saying, I can be verified and I'm not a plant. I just want to know how to communicate with like-minded persons without the threat of DHS or any other government agency listening in for some stupid perceive threat on their part.
I'm a conservative/libertarian and believe in small government; small taxes; freedom of choice and association; pro-business; gun rights, and an 11 Veteran, etc. So, according to Napolitano's DHS, I'm a threat. I just want to talk without those f**ckers listening. I believe I still have that right.