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Re:Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets by derrida on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @09:53AM (#5945986)
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.

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Re:Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets by breck on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @10:35AM (#5946288)
> 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.

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Re:Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets by derrida on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @11:43AM (#5946751)
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.
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Re:Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets by dlss on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @09:56AM (#5946001)
I think smart people probably require less torture than dumb ones... but I agree with the rest.
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