Teach your kids about the NSA with the help of CryptoCat and DecipherDog.

The campy NSA kids' website has nothing to do with recruitment; the Clinton administration required all Federal agencies to create websites for children in an April 18, 1997 memorandum [1]. This is clearly spelled out in the terms-of-use at nsa.gov [2].

[1]: https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/privacy-statement/whmemo.txt

[2]: http://www.nsa.gov/terms_of_use.shtml#kids

At first I thought this was about https://crypto.cat/

And maybe this is the answer to the NSA's CryptoCat.

I don't know why the NSA would need a specific children's site as a recruitment tool... with the information they are pulling, couldn't they just watch the child's behavior and identify the ones who represent the best candidates to become spooks based on their internet activity, Facebook likes and personal social network (outside FB)?

I'm disappointed that they have all of this and don't see the value in what they are collecting... Note the sarcasm

What ever happened to CryptoCat man after he discovered he had been rooted by the Canadian Intel people? He was as freaked out as could be (prudently) and then I haven't really heard about it since

It's a double edged sword. The more people are educated about cryptography, the more they can resist the abusive surveillance.

The characters are trademarked. That's disappointing. They would be much more useful in the public domain.