Agree with you RAM. Contrary to what Hollywood claims, the big brother is not that omnipotent, esp when it comes to encryption.
The power of open source is not really monetary, but its more about control.
Today we have access to such powerful algorithms which can withstand brute force attacks for thousands of years by the most powerful supercomputers.
If you read the book by Kevin Mitnick "The Art of Deception"
The Art of Deception - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, wou would realize that the biggest "hacking" coups have been due to "Social engineering" and not technical brute force.