As we work hard to promote encryption on the web through tools like our browser extension HTTPS Everywhere, we also pay close attention to attacks that undermine the security of that encryption. That‘s why we were dismayed by last Thursday‘s revelations about the National Security Agency‘s aggressive efforts to undermine the ability of citizens to communicate securely. It‘s not surprising that the NSA would try to break cryptographic systems in whatever way they can, but the deeply pernicious nature of this campaign—undermining national standards and sabotaging hardware and software—as well as the amount of overt private sector cooperation are both shocking.