Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked

Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked by kazinator on Friday July 03, 2020 @02:27AM (#23721545)

A piece of digital text isn't a forgery; there is no concept of authenticity in it in the first place to serve as a backdrop legitimizing the use of the word "forgery". It's not like planting someone's hair, or imitating their signature. You need absolutely nothing from the victim, and to expend no effort.

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Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked by upofadown on Friday July 03, 2020 @07:15AM (#23723000)

The concept seems to have come from the original off the record (OTR) messaging proposal. The concern was that, say, a PGP signature could create a situation where there was objective proof that someone had created a particular message. By making forgery possible the theory was that someone could disclaim the message. I have been writing some PGP fandom articles lately which is why I am up on the subject. The relevant articles:

* https://articles.59.ca/doku.php?id=pgpfan:off_the_record

* https://articles.59.ca/doku.php?id=pgpfan:repudiability

So I am not disagreeing with what you said, it supports my contention that forgability is a silly cryptographic feature if there is no proof in the first place.

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