That's 6am PST.(where silicon valley is) Not a lot of people are up at that time here reading hacker news. Also, the new page tends to get overrun with new items quite quickly and sometimes an article does not get steam.
But frankly your tone is not one that many here care for so please refrain. Also, please refrain from meta commentary; it's just noise.
wtf is this shit, i mean, the best "security experts" will not work for a goddamn NSA facility, they will make money in private sectors or better they will be responsible for the attacks...
NSA clearly got it wrong, "hacking" is not for "your country" it's a selfish act, for your personal goals, i mean, let's say you work for NSA and you stop or make a stuxnet like virus... you cannot brag about it, as a hacker, you got to show your work, to proudly say: i did that.
The build is failing because there are a lot of moving parts at this early stage regarding the internals; however, the basics from a usage standpoint work just fine right now.
In other words, the build failing is not ideal; but don't get too hung up on it right now.
Reading this http://nelenkov.blogspot.com/2012/07/using-app-encryption-in... it looks like if you have root on your phone you can still access the APKs. Sounds like it is using the same encryption system as the apps on SD. But have have not had a chance to look at it.