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.
Or keyloggers, or sensitive listening devices, or hidden cameras, et cetera.
Even Snowden himself admits that security at the endpoints is incredibly weak.