While the article says that all government-sponsored !crypto is likely compromised, one of the commenters points out that any encryption, even if compromised, makes it more difficult to perform !surveillance. http://recentr.com/2014/06/auch-der-neue-hype-um-verschlusselung-ist-ein-schuss-den-ofen/ (I read this through Google Translate, so some subleties may have escaped me)