Re:The FBI stole an Instapaper server in an unrelated raid
by adrianscott on Sunday June 26, 2011 @06:24PM
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"So in this case, where the FBI is involve, using a SHA-1 hash poses no extra security vulnerability."
meeeh...
remember the fbi is not a person, it's an organization. the org can have bad actors in it who might be able to access the encrypted passwords but not be able to confiscate servers.
also, confiscating a server(s) is much more visible / detectable...
meeeh...
remember the fbi is not a person, it's an organization. the org can have bad actors in it who might be able to access the encrypted passwords but not be able to confiscate servers.
also, confiscating a server(s) is much more visible / detectable...