Re:Lavabit abruptly shuts down
by sneak on Thursday August 08, 2013 @04:24PM
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Not quite. Storing ciphertext and keys in legal jurisdictions (like the US) that can be forced to turn over both is a bad idea.
Also, practical key management is still an unsolved problem. The web of trust never took off and the PKI is fucked. Encryption is only as useful as the keys being used to encrypt.
Also, practical key management is still an unsolved problem. The web of trust never took off and the PKI is fucked. Encryption is only as useful as the keys being used to encrypt.