Re:Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets
by dionyziz on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @09:44AM
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That. And, furthermore, he is most likely not carrying his data with him, but has encrypted it and uploaded it somewhere, likely several places, just keeping the keys with him, also encrypted themselves.
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Re:Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets
by derrida on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @09:53AM
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To add to that: it's probably just a passphrase, so getting it from him would require torture.
Even then, if that horrible scenario results, if he's smart, has a mechanism for plausible deniability, so he can give a key that decrypts to false information. [1]
The assumption of this article is bogus.
[1] You create a hidden true crypt volume and you put that inside another volume, do this for as many layers as you wish.
Re:Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets
by breck on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @10:35AM
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> so getting it from him would require torture.
Or keyloggers, or sensitive listening devices, or hidden cameras, et cetera.
Even Snowden himself admits that security at the endpoints is incredibly weak.
Re:Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets
by derrida on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @11:43AM
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That assumes he accesses the files at the airport or from devices that are known to be his. Lucky for him the future is somewhat non-deterministic. Also, he could have all of the files segmented and say the passphrase in a conference call over the phone, immediately making a single specific document available to a few dozen journalists, assuming he has already distributed the encrypted container around.