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Re:Are passwords stored in memory safe? on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @11:56AM (#7064395)
What if I have just erased my USB-stick with good dose of /dev/random and haven't actually formatted it to any filesystem yet. Good encryption is indistinguishable from randomness, so could they blame me for not giving up password and jail me for carrying randomness in my pocket?