Re:I recommend against using biometric identification
by tdb7893 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:06PM
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This might not be a commonly held view but in my experience societal norms and values are the only thing really protecting us. If the police come after me and the courts don't stop them nothing will make a difference, even with the best cryptography all they would have to do is threaten my family and I would always unlock it. In my view technological protections of fundamental freedoms should only be temporary stopgaps for what essentially needs to be political solutions.
Re:I recommend against using biometric identification
by StephenConnell on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:19AM
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That's what we did with our TI86 calculators in the 90s. Fake memory Clear was the name of one app. Teacher looks and sees what looks like a formatted calculator, clears the calculator if they want, then you exit the app and access your notes, games, and apps.
Re:I recommend against using biometric identification
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @02:11AM
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> Why do people assume that deniability results in more whacking?
Contempt?
Technology can easily be used to encrypt a hard drive to reveal different things for different passwords. TrueCrypt does it.
Plus you can have cryptographic keys stored with friends or beacons that signify you are safe. For example you hide files on your phone before a flight, and to unhide them you need your host's wifi at your destination.
Until the friend or beacon gives the ok, you can either have your phone LOCKED or have all sorts of files that are encrypted and HIDDEN. The computer can be unlocked but won't show those files.
Why isn't this technology widespread? YOU CANT WHACK EVERYONE!