Comment Re:Hmm, strong evidence of null-activity by NSA? N (Score 1) 20
Very true but I don't see that implication here. I agree that its possible someone could misinterpret it that way but it doesn't appear that there is any attempt to mislead people here, either by the authors or the summarizers. It all reads pretty clearly to me, and pretty clearly doesn't address small scale/targeted use that would be neigh impossible to detect.
Now if I was a betting man, and you asked me, do I think the NSA might refer to this result in attempts to deflect criticism, I would bet that they will. So far they have shown to be decently expert at deflection and misdirection when it comes to making public statements; and very fond of making ever so slightly overqualified statements about what they are NOT doing.