[cryptome] Re: Are you tired manage keys? PGP Meet the Killer's Safe-T

  • From: John Young <jya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 16:01:45 -0400

At 03:34 PM 10/3/2013, you wrote:
Jabber/XMPP + pgp == Best

Only things your provider can provide to law enforcement is your IP and account password. While this does allow impersonation by law enforcement the fingerprinting and challenge questions integrated into the addon allows you to identify who is on the other end.

Attached is a poorly made infographic regarding setup procedures.

Yes, this will be satisfactory for personal communications.
If that is what is meant by "killer safety," then fine.

Better to use several programs rather than just one and avoid
the most popular and most highly recommended due to
likelihood they will most likely be broken or deliberately
weakened due to those characteristics. I mean don't get
too dependent upon, for example, PGP or Tor without
means to supplement them with less well known capabilities,
some developed out of sight and certainly not yet
commercialized.

Sad to say that popularity and commercialization are not
reliable guides to effectiveness. Not that that is restricted
to comsec.

Homebrew beats labeled vintage from faith to afterlife.
This cheap shot not copyrighted.



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