Re:Fully Bideniable Interactive Encryption
by SilasX on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @12:25PM
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Heh, I actually thought the same thing, and it's not necessarily irrelevant.
As others note, it parses as bi-deniable -- it can decrypt on both ends into two plaintexts with plausbility.
But yes, I initially parsed it as Biden-y-able, which is surprisingly fitting [1] given Biden's ability to get away with any gaffe[2], which is analogous to what bideniable encryption gets you. So, a good mnemonic at least...
(Relatedly, I used to think git reflog parsed as re-flog "because you're only using this if you did something so stupid you want to flog yourself twice".)
As others note, it parses as bi-deniable -- it can decrypt on both ends into two plaintexts with plausbility.
But yes, I initially parsed it as Biden-y-able, which is surprisingly fitting [1] given Biden's ability to get away with any gaffe[2], which is analogous to what bideniable encryption gets you. So, a good mnemonic at least...
(Relatedly, I used to think git reflog parsed as re-flog "because you're only using this if you did something so stupid you want to flog yourself twice".)
[1] I hate the word "apropos".
[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/09/why-joe...